#487EB3#487EB3

#487EB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.100 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487EB3
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 179)
HSL	hsl(210, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(210, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 29.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, -1.66, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 33.43, 267.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% -0.0351 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.1 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2671, 19.5524, 45.4504)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487EB3 #B37D48

analogous

#48B3B3 #487EB3 #4849B3

triadic

#487EB3 #B3487E #7EB348

tetradic

#487EB3 #B348B3 #B37D48 #49B348

square

#487EB3 #B348B3 #B37D48 #49B348

split-complementary

#487EB3 #B34849 #B3B348

monochromatic

#25415C #365F87 #487EB3 #729CC6 #9EBBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#487EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#487EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487EB3

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487EB3	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6880B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5976B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.100 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a3ca',
    500: '#487eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487eb3;
$custom-light: #84a3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.72,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57912,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487EB3

secondary

#C4AB92

accent

#9355D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F3F8

border

#CBCDD1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487EB3

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

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