#487EB2#487EB2

#487EB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.099 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487EB2
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 178)
HSL	hsl(209, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(209, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 29.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, -1.99, -32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 32.95, 266.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% -0.0354 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.099 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1663, 19.5121, 44.9197)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487EB2 #B27C48

analogous

#48B2B1 #487EB2 #4849B2

triadic

#487EB2 #B2487E #7EB248

tetradic

#487EB2 #B148B2 #B27C48 #49B248

square

#487EB2 #B148B2 #B27C48 #49B248

split-complementary

#487EB2 #B24849 #B2B148

monochromatic

#25405B #365F86 #487EB2 #719CC6 #9DBBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#487EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#487EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487EB2

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487EB2	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6880B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A76B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.099 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a3c9',
    500: '#487eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487eb2;
$custom-light: #84a3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.434,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57861,
    "c": 0.09911,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487EB2

secondary

#C4AA92

accent

#9356D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F3F8

border

#CBCDD1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487EB2

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

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