#487EC4#487EC4

#487EC4 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.122 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487EC4
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 196)
HSL	hsl(214, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(214, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 35.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, 4.08, -41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 42.04, 275.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.0303 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.122 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0936, 20.2830, 55.0699)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487EC4 #C48E48

analogous

#48BCC4 #487EC4 #5048C4

triadic

#487EC4 #C4487E #7EC448

tetradic

#487EC4 #C448BC #C48E48 #48C450

square

#487EC4 #C448BC #C48E48 #48C450

split-complementary

#487EC4 #C45048 #BCC448

monochromatic

#23446E #32619C #487EC4 #769FD3 #A5BFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#487EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#487EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487EC4

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487EC4	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6083C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F77C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.122 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a3d6',
    500: '#487ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ec4;
$custom-light: #86a3d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.871,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58833,
    "c": 0.12245,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487EC4

secondary

#CFB799

accent

#9D4DDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487EC4

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

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