#487EE3#487EE3

#487EE3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.164 H 261.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487EE3
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 227)
HSL	hsl(219, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(219, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 44.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 14.88, -56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 58.58, 284.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% -0.0238 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.164 261.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9935, 21.8430, 75.6098)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487EE3 #E3AD48

analogous

#48CBE3 #487EE3 #5F48E3

triadic

#487EE3 #E3487E #7EE348

tetradic

#487EE3 #E348CB #E3AD48 #48E35F

square

#487EE3 #E348CB #E3AD48 #48E35F

split-complementary

#487EE3 #E35F48 #CBE348

monochromatic

#174599 #205CCE #487EE3 #7DA3EB #B2C9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#487EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#487EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487EE3

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487EE3	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C88E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0095A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.164 261.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca2ec',
    500: '#487ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ee3;
$custom-light: #8ca2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.097,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60707,
    "c": 0.16383,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487EE3

secondary

#E2CDA5

accent

#B038F0

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #487EE3

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

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