#487DE3#487DE3

#487DE3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.165 H 262.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DE3
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 227)
HSL	hsl(219, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(219, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 44.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, 15.49, -57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 59.16, 285.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% -0.0229 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.165 262)
XYZ	xyz(23.8663, 21.5886, 75.5674)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487DE3 #E3AE48

analogous

#48CAE3 #487DE3 #6048E3

triadic

#487DE3 #E3487D #7DE348

tetradic

#487DE3 #E348CA #E3AE48 #48E360

square

#487DE3 #E348CA #E3AE48 #48E360

split-complementary

#487DE3 #E36048 #CAE348

monochromatic

#174499 #205BCE #487DE3 #7DA3EB #B2C8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#487DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#487DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DE3

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DE3	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A88E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C79E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0095A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.165 262.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca2ec',
    500: '#487de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487de3;
$custom-light: #8ca2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.484,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60497,
    "c": 0.16499,
    "h": 262
  },
  "luminance": 0.21591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DE3

secondary

#E2CDA5

accent

#B138F0

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DE3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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