#487EC9#487EC9

#487EC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.129 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487EC9
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 201)
HSL	hsl(215, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(215, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 37.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, 5.80, -44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 44.66, 277.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% -0.0291 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.129 257)
XYZ	xyz(20.6722, 20.5145, 58.1173)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487EC9 #C99348

analogous

#48BEC9 #487EC9 #5248C9

triadic

#487EC9 #C9487E #7EC948

tetradic

#487EC9 #C948BE #C99348 #48C952

square

#487EC9 #C948BE #C99348 #48C952

split-complementary

#487EC9 #C95248 #BEC948

monochromatic

#224574 #3061A4 #487EC9 #779FD7 #A7C1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#487EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#487EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487EC9

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487EC9	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D84CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B78C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.129 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a3da',
    500: '#487ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ec9;
$custom-light: #87a3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.884,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59118,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.20516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487EC9

secondary

#D2BB9B

accent

#A04ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487EC9

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

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