#487FB9#487FB9

#487FB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.107 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487FB9
RGB	rgb(72, 127, 185)
HSL	hsl(211, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(211, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 31.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, -0.25, -35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 35.94, 269.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% -0.0344 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.107 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0156, 20.0575, 48.7589)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487FB9 #B98248

analogous

#48B8B9 #487FB9 #4948B9

triadic

#487FB9 #B9487F #7FB948

tetradic

#487FB9 #B948B8 #B98248 #48B949

square

#487FB9 #B948B8 #B98248 #48B949

split-complementary

#487FB9 #B94948 #B8B948

monochromatic

#254361 #36618E #487FB9 #749ECA #A1BDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#487FB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#487FB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487FB9

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487FB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487FB9	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6682BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5777B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487fb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 127, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.107 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a3ce',
    500: '#487fb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487fb9;
$custom-light: #85a3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487fb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.796,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58457,
    "c": 0.10711,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487FB9

secondary

#C8AF95

accent

#9653D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F3F9

border

#CBCDD2

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #487FB9

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

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