#487fe5

Color #487fe5

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 9.51 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#487fe5

RGB

rgb(72, 127, 229)

HSL

hsl(219, 75.1%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219, 68.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.6%, 44.5%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(54.25, 14.97, -57.15)

LCH

lch(54.25, 59.08, 284.68)

OKLCH

oklch(61.1%, 0.1653, 261.51)

HWB

hwb(219, 28.2%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5ae48

Analogous

#48cde5

#487fe5

#5f48e5

Triadic

#487fe5

#e5487f

#7fe548

Split-complementary

#487fe5

#e55f48

#cde548

Tetradic

#487fe5

#ae48e5

#e5ae48

#7fe548

Square

#487fe5

#e548cd

#e5ae48

#48e55f

Shades

Color #487fe5 mixed toward black.

#1f61dc

#194eb0

#133a84

#0c2758

#06132c

Tints

Color #487fe5 mixed toward white.

#6694e9

#85aaee

#a3bff2

#c2d4f6

#e0eafb

Tones

Color #487fe5 mixed toward gray.

#5583d8

#6287cb

#6f8bbe

#7c8fb1

#8993a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6465d2 · ΔE 11.6

Deuteranopia

#615dcd · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#4cc1be · ΔE 34

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 25.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #487fe5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#487fe5]

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

#487fe5 (#487fe5) is rgb(72, 127, 229) in RGB.

No, #487fe5 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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