#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
RGBrgb(72, 126, 169)
HSLhsl(207, 40%, 47%)
HSVhsv(207, 57%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(57.4%, 25.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(50.88, -4.94, -28.31)
CIE-LCHlch(50.88, 28.74, 260.09°)
OKLaboklab(57.41% -0.0383 -0.0794)
OKLCHoklch(57.41% 0.088 244.2)
XYZxyz(17.2922, 19.1625, 40.3159)
Luminance0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##487EA91.004.354.834.83
#FFFFFF4.351.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8321.001.001.00
##0000004.8321.001.001.00

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

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#487EA9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva