#487EB5#487EB5

#487EB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.103 H 250.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487EB5
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 181)
HSL	hsl(210, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(210, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 30.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, -0.99, -34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 34.41, 268.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% -0.0345 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.103 250.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4708, 19.6339, 46.5234)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#487EB5 #B57F48

analogous

#48B5B5 #487EB5 #4848B5

triadic

#487EB5 #B5487E #7EB548

tetradic

#487EB5 #B548B5 #B57F48 #48B548

square

#487EB5 #B548B5 #B57F48 #48B548

split-complementary

#487EB5 #B54848 #B5B548

monochromatic

#25415D #376089 #487EB5 #739DC7 #9FBBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#487EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#487EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487EB5

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487EB5	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6780B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5876B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.103 250.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a3cb',
    500: '#487eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487eb5;
$custom-light: #84a3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.275,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58016,
    "c": 0.10291,
    "h": 250.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487EB5

secondary

#C5AD93

accent

#9455D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F3F8

border

#CBCDD1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487EB5

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

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