#487EC7#487EC7

#487EC7 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.126 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487EC7
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 199)
HSL	hsl(214, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(214, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 36.7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 5.11, -43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 43.61, 276.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59% -0.0296 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.126 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4384, 20.4210, 56.8863)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487EC7 #C79148

analogous

#48BDC7 #487EC7 #5148C7

triadic

#487EC7 #C7487E #7EC748

tetradic

#487EC7 #C748BD #C79148 #48C751

square

#487EC7 #C748BD #C79148 #48C751

split-complementary

#487EC7 #C75148 #BDC748

monochromatic

#234472 #3161A1 #487EC7 #779FD5 #A6C0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#487EC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#487EC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487EC7

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487EC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487EC7	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	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)

#5E83CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C77C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.126 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a3d8',
    500: '#487ec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ec7;
$custom-light: #87a3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.488,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59003,
    "c": 0.12643,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487EC7

secondary

#D1B99A

accent

#9F4BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487EC7

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

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