#487ae8

Color #487ae8

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 9.97 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#487ae8

RGB

rgb(72, 122, 232)

HSL

hsl(221.3, 77.7%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.3, 69%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(69%, 47.4%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(53.08, 19.11, -60.71)

LCH

lch(53.08, 63.65, 287.47)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.1752, 263.61)

HWB

hwb(221.3, 28.2%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8b648

Analogous

#48cae8

#487ae8

#6648e8

Triadic

#487ae8

#e8487a

#7ae848

Split-complementary

#487ae8

#e86648

#cae848

Tetradic

#487ae8

#b648e8

#e8b648

#7ae848

Square

#487ae8

#e848ca

#e8b648

#48e866

Shades

Color #487ae8 mixed toward black.

#1c5ae1

#1748b4

#113687

#0b245a

#06122d

Tints

Color #487ae8 mixed toward white.

#6690ec

#85a6f0

#a3bcf4

#c2d3f7

#e0e9fb

Tones

Color #487ae8 mixed toward gray.

#557fdb

#6384cd

#7089c0

#7d8eb3

#8b93a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6262d4 · ΔE 10.4

Deuteranopia

#5f5bcf · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#4bc2be · ΔE 36

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 26.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #487ae8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#487ae8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#487ae8 (#487ae8) is rgb(72, 122, 232) in RGB.

No, #487ae8 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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