#487ac6

Color #487ac6

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.97 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#487ac6

RGB

rgb(72, 122, 198)

HSL

hsl(216.2, 52.5%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.2, 63.6%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.6%, 38.4%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(51.12, 7.2, -44.62)

LCH

lch(51.12, 45.2, 279.17)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.1294, 258.54)

HWB

hwb(216.2, 28.2%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c69448

Analogous

#48b9c6

#487ac6

#5548c6

Triadic

#487ac6

#c6487a

#7ac648

Split-complementary

#487ac6

#c65548

#b9c648

Tetradic

#487ac6

#9448c6

#c69448

#7ac648

Square

#487ac6

#c648b9

#c69448

#48c655

Shades

Color #487ac6 mixed toward black.

#3564ab

#2b5089

#203c67

#152845

#0b1422

Tints

Color #487ac6 mixed toward white.

#6690cf

#85a6d9

#a3bce2

#c2d3ec

#e0e9f5

Tones

Color #487ac6 mixed toward gray.

#527cbb

#5d7eb1

#6780a6

#72839c

#7c8591

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6262b7 · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#5f5bb4 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#4baaa7 · ΔE 29.2

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #487ac6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#487ac6]

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

#487ac6 (#487ac6) is rgb(72, 122, 198) in RGB.

No, #487ac6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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