#487EC8#487EC8

#487EC8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.128 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487EC8
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 200)
HSL	hsl(215, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(215, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 37%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 5.46, -43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 44.13, 277.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0293 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.128 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5549, 20.4676, 57.4998)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487EC8 #C89248

analogous

#48BEC8 #487EC8 #5248C8

triadic

#487EC8 #C8487E #7EC848

tetradic

#487EC8 #C848BE #C89248 #48C852

square

#487EC8 #C848BE #C89248 #48C852

split-complementary

#487EC8 #C85248 #BEC848

monochromatic

#234573 #3161A2 #487EC8 #779FD6 #A6C0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#487EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#487EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487EC8

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487EC8	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E83CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C77C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.128 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a3d9',
    500: '#487ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ec8;
$custom-light: #87a3d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.688,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59061,
    "c": 0.12777,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487EC8

secondary

#D1BA9A

accent

#9F4BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487EC8

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

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