#487FAD#487FAD

#487FAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.092 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487FAD
RGB	rgb(72, 127, 173)
HSL	hsl(207, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(207, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 26.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, -4.23, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 30.19, 261.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% -0.0381 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.092 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8019, 19.5720, 42.3667)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#487FAD #AD7648

analogous

#48ADA8 #487FAD #484CAD

triadic

#487FAD #AD487F #7FAD48

tetradic

#487FAD #A848AD #AD7648 #4CAD48

square

#487FAD #A848AD #AD7648 #4CAD48

split-complementary

#487FAD #AD484C #ADA848

monochromatic

#244057 #365F82 #487FAD #6F9DC3 #9ABAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#487FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#487FAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487FAD

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487FAD	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B80AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E76AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 127, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.092 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a4c5',
    500: '#487fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487fad;
$custom-light: #83a4c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.327,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5784,
    "c": 0.09217,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487FAD

secondary

#C1A68F

accent

#8E57D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F3F8

border

#CBCDD1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487FAD

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

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