#487ace

Color #487ace

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.43 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#487ace

RGB

rgb(72, 122, 206)

HSL

hsl(217.6, 57.8%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.6, 65%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(65%, 40.8%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(51.55, 9.97, -48.49)

LCH

lch(51.55, 49.5, 281.62)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.1403, 260.19)

HWB

hwb(217.6, 28.2%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ce9c48

Analogous

#48bdce

#487ace

#5948ce

Triadic

#487ace

#ce487a

#7ace48

Split-complementary

#487ace

#ce5948

#bdce48

Tetradic

#487ace

#9c48ce

#ce9c48

#7ace48

Square

#487ace

#ce48bd

#ce9c48

#48ce59

Shades

Color #487ace mixed toward black.

#3163b7

#274f92

#1d3b6e

#142849

#0a1425

Tints

Color #487ace mixed toward white.

#6690d6

#85a6de

#a3bce7

#c2d3ef

#e0e9f7

Tones

Color #487ace mixed toward gray.

#537dc3

#5e80b8

#6982ad

#7585a1

#808896

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6262be · ΔE 11.5

Deuteranopia

#5f5bba · ΔE 13.5

Tritanopia

#4bb0ad · ΔE 30.9

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 23.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #487ace;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#487ace]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#487ace (#487ace) is rgb(72, 122, 206) in RGB.

No, #487ace is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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