#487EB6#487EB6

#487EB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.104 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487EB6
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 182)
HSL	hsl(211, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(211, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 30.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, -0.66, -34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 34.90, 268.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.0342 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.104 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5738, 19.6751, 47.0658)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487EB6 #B68048

analogous

#48B5B6 #487EB6 #4948B6

triadic

#487EB6 #B6487E #7EB648

tetradic

#487EB6 #B648B5 #B68048 #48B649

square

#487EB6 #B648B5 #B68048 #48B649

split-complementary

#487EB6 #B64948 #B5B648

monochromatic

#25415E #37608A #487EB6 #739DC8 #9FBCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#487EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#487EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487EB6

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487EB6	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6681B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5876B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.104 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a3cc',
    500: '#487eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487eb6;
$custom-light: #84a3cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.545,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58069,
    "c": 0.10419,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487EB6

secondary

#C6AD94

accent

#9555D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F3F8

border

#CBCDD1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487EB6

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

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