#487EC5#487EC5

#487EC5 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.124 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487EC5
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 197)
HSL	hsl(214, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(214, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 36%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 4.43, -42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 42.56, 275.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% -0.0301 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.124 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2078, 20.3287, 55.6714)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487EC5 #C58F48

analogous

#48BCC5 #487EC5 #5048C5

triadic

#487EC5 #C5487E #7EC548

tetradic

#487EC5 #C548BC #C58F48 #48C550

square

#487EC5 #C548BC #C58F48 #48C550

split-complementary

#487EC5 #C55048 #BCC548

monochromatic

#23446F #32619E #487EC5 #769FD4 #A5C0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#487EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#487EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487EC5

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487EC5	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F83C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E77C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.124 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a3d7',
    500: '#487ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ec5;
$custom-light: #86a3d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.08,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58889,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487EC5

secondary

#CFB899

accent

#9E4CDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487EC5

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

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