#487EC6#487EC6

#487EC6 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.125 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487EC6
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 198)
HSL	hsl(214, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(214, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 36.4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, 4.77, -42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 43.08, 276.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% -0.0298 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.125 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3227, 20.3747, 56.2768)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487EC6 #C69048

analogous

#48BDC6 #487EC6 #5148C6

triadic

#487EC6 #C6487E #7EC648

tetradic

#487EC6 #C648BD #C69048 #48C651

square

#487EC6 #C648BD #C69048 #48C651

split-complementary

#487EC6 #C65148 #BDC648

monochromatic

#234471 #32619F #487EC6 #779FD5 #A5C0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#487EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#487EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487EC6

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487EC6	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F83C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D77C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.125 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a3d7',
    500: '#487ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ec6;
$custom-light: #87a3d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58946,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487EC6

secondary

#D0B99A

accent

#9E4CDC

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487EC6

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

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