#487ac0

Color #487ac0

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.34 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#487ac0

RGB

rgb(72, 122, 192)

HSL

hsl(215, 48.8%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215, 62.5%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.5%, 36.5%, 0%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(50.8, 5.13, -41.69)

LCH

lch(50.8, 42, 277.02)

OKLCH

oklch(57.7%, 0.1213, 257.09)

HWB

hwb(215, 28.2%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c08e48

Analogous

#48b6c0

#487ac0

#5248c0

Triadic

#487ac0

#c0487a

#7ac048

Split-complementary

#487ac0

#c05248

#b6c048

Tetradic

#487ac0

#8e48c0

#c08e48

#7ac048

Square

#487ac0

#c048b6

#c08e48

#48c052

Shades

Color #487ac0 mixed toward black.

#3865a4

#2d5183

#223d62

#172842

#0b1421

Tints

Color #487ac0 mixed toward white.

#6790cb

#85a6d5

#a4bde0

#c2d3ea

#e1e9f5

Tones

Color #487ac0 mixed toward gray.

#527cb6

#5c7dac

#667fa2

#708198

#7a828e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6262b2 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#5f5baf · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#4ba6a4 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #487ac0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#487ac0]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#487ac0 (#487ac0) is rgb(72, 122, 192) in RGB.

No, #487ac0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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