#487EA9#487EA9

#487EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.088 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487EA9
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 169)
HSL	hsl(207, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(207, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 25.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, -4.94, -28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 28.74, 260.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% -0.0383 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.088 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2922, 19.1625, 40.3159)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487EA9 #A97348

analogous

#48A9A4 #487EA9 #484EA9

triadic

#487EA9 #A9487E #7EA948

tetradic

#487EA9 #A448A9 #A97348 #4EA948

square

#487EA9 #A448A9 #A97348 #4EA948

split-complementary

#487EA9 #A9484E #A9A448

monochromatic

#233E53 #365E7E #487EA9 #6D9CC1 #98B9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#487EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#487EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487EA9

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487EA9	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E75A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.088 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a3c2',
    500: '#487ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ea9;
$custom-light: #83a3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.598,
    "s": 40.249,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57409,
    "c": 0.08813,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487EA9

secondary

#BFA48D

accent

#8D58D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F7

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #487EA9

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

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