#487af5

Color #487af5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 6.74 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#487af5

RGB

rgb(72, 122, 245)

HSL

hsl(222.7, 89.6%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.7, 70.6%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.6%, 50.2%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(53.91, 23.7, -66.62)

LCH

lch(53.91, 70.71, 289.58)

OKLCH

oklch(61.1%, 0.1923, 264.66)

HWB

hwb(222.7, 28.2%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f5c348

Analogous

#48d0f5

#487af5

#6d48f5

Triadic

#487af5

#f5487a

#7af548

Split-complementary

#487af5

#f56d48

#d0f548

Tetradic

#487af5

#c348f5

#f5c348

#7af548

Square

#487af5

#f548d0

#f5c348

#48f56d

Shades

Color #487af5 mixed toward black.

#1656f2

#0b42c8

#083196

#052164

#031032

Tints

Color #487af5 mixed toward white.

#6790f7

#85a6f8

#a4bdfa

#c2d3fc

#e1e9fd

Tones

Color #487af5 mixed toward gray.

#5780e7

#6586d8

#738cca

#8292bb

#9099ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6262df · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#5f5bda · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#4bccc7 · ΔE 38.4

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 27.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #487af5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#487af5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#487af5 (#487af5) is rgb(72, 122, 245) in RGB.

No, #487af5 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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