#487EC3#487EC3

#487EC3 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.121 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487EC3
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 195)
HSL	hsl(214, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(214, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 35.4%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, 3.74, -41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 41.52, 275.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.0306 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.121 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9801, 20.2377, 54.4725)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487EC3 #C38D48

analogous

#48BBC3 #487EC3 #5048C3

triadic

#487EC3 #C3487E #7EC348

tetradic

#487EC3 #C348BB #C38D48 #48C350

square

#487EC3 #C348BB #C38D48 #48C350

split-complementary

#487EC3 #C35048 #BBC348

monochromatic

#24446D #33619B #487EC3 #769ED2 #A4BFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#487EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#487EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487EC3

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487EC3	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6083C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F77C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.121 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a3d5',
    500: '#487ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ec3;
$custom-light: #86a3d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.659,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58776,
    "c": 0.12113,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487EC3

secondary

#CEB799

accent

#9C4EDA

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487EC3

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

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