Information about #487FAD color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #487FAD reads as a clearly saturated sky-leaning azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Steel Blue (#4682B4). Slightly further away sit Moderate Azure (#4A79A8) and Moderate Cornflower Blue (#4A85A8).
The recipe behind #487FAD is rgb(72, 127, 173), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 4.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #487FAD is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#487FAD color variations
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#487FAD color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#487FAD color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#487FAD color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#487FAD color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#487FAD 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 #487FAD color
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Nearest named colors to #487FAD
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#4682B4
#4A79A8
#4A85A8
#4E82B4
#4984B8
#5684AE
#4D8DB2
#5072A7
#3D85B8
#3C73A8
#4072B7
#4682BF
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#487FAD
- RGB72, 127, 173
- CMYK40, 18, 0, 32
- CSSrgb(72, 127, 173)
- HSL207°, 41%, 48%
- HSL Precise207.327°, 41.224%, 48.039%
- HSV207°, 58%, 68%
- HSB207°, 58%, 68%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.282
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.498
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.678
- GLSLvec3(0.282, 0.498, 0.678)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.282, 0.498, 0.678, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.282, 0.498, 0.678)
- Percentage of Red in RGB28.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB49.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB67.8%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID487FAD
- DECIMAL ID4751277
- Name LengthThis color has no name
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- Counting from2025-01-01
