Information about #487AEF color
Basic facts about this digital color
A strongly colored sky-leaning azure, #487AEF appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Brett-and-Dylan (#4E76E5). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Brilliant Sapphire Blue (#5177E7) and Lightish Blue (#3D7AFD).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(72, 122, 239)), which gives #487AEF its character. If you plan to put text on a #487AEF background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 5.3:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 4.0:1. No one has named #487AEF so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#487AEF color variations
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#487AEF color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#487AEF color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#487AEF color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#487AEF color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#487AEF color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #487AEF color
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Nearest named colors to #487AEF
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#4E76E5
#5177E7
#3D7AFD
#4C8BF5
#5189E7
#4166F5
#3C69E7
#3B86FF
#5164E7
#4666FF
#4590FF
#3369E8
#487AEF color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#487AEF
- RGB72, 122, 239
- CMYK65, 46, 0, 6
- CSSrgb(72, 122, 239)
- HSL222°, 84%, 61%
- HSL Precise222.036°, 83.92%, 60.98%
- HSV222°, 70%, 94%
- HSB222°, 70%, 94%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.282
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.478
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.937
- GLSLvec3(0.282, 0.478, 0.937)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.282, 0.478, 0.937, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.282, 0.478, 0.937)
- Percentage of Red in RGB28.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB47.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB93.7%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID487AEF
- DECIMAL ID4750063
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers24 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
