#487FAE#487FAE

#487FAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.093 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487FAE
RGB	rgb(72, 127, 174)
HSL	hsl(208, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(208, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 27%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, -3.90, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 30.65, 262.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% -0.0378 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.093 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8991, 19.6109, 42.8782)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#487FAE #AE7748

analogous

#48AEAA #487FAE #484CAE

triadic

#487FAE #AE487F #7FAE48

tetradic

#487FAE #AA48AE #AE7748 #4CAE48

square

#487FAE #AA48AE #AE7748 #4CAE48

split-complementary

#487FAE #AE484C #AEAA48

monochromatic

#244057 #365F83 #487FAE #709DC4 #9BBBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#487FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#487FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487FAE

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487FAE	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B80B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D76AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 127, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.093 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a4c6',
    500: '#487fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487fae;
$custom-light: #83a4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.647,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5789,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487FAE

secondary

#C2A790

accent

#8F57D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F3F8

border

#CBCDD1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487FAE

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

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