#487FC9#487FC9

#487FC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.128 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487FC9
RGB	rgb(72, 127, 201)
HSL	hsl(214, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(214, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 36.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, 5.20, -43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 44.14, 276.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% -0.0301 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.128 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8007, 20.7715, 58.1601)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487FC9 #C99248

analogous

#48BFC9 #487FC9 #5148C9

triadic

#487FC9 #C9487F #7FC948

tetradic

#487FC9 #C948BF #C99248 #48C951

square

#487FC9 #C948BF #C99248 #48C951

split-complementary

#487FC9 #C95148 #BFC948

monochromatic

#224574 #3061A4 #487FC9 #77A0D7 #A7C1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#487FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#487FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487FC9

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487FC9	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F84CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D78C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 127, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.128 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a3da',
    500: '#487fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487fc9;
$custom-light: #87a3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.419,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5934,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487FC9

secondary

#D2BA9B

accent

#9F4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F3FA

border

#CBCDD3

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #487FC9

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

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