#487A78#487A78

#487A78 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.054 H 192.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487A78
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 120)
HSL	hsl(178, 26%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 41%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 0%, 1.6%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, -17.33, -4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 17.83, 193.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% -0.0529 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.054 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.0209, 16.6519, 20.2937)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487A78 #7A484A

analogous

#487A5F #487A78 #48637A

triadic

#487A78 #78487A #7A7848

tetradic

#487A78 #5F487A #7A484A #637A48

square

#487A78 #5F487A #7A484A #637A48

split-complementary

#487A78 #7A4863 #7A5F48

monochromatic

#1B2D2C #315452 #487A78 #5FA09E #85B7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#487A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#487A78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487A78

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487A78	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6F79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#337D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.054 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea09e',
    500: '#487a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487a78;
$custom-light: #7ea09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 25.773,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54367,
    "c": 0.0542,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487A78

secondary

#A37B7C

accent

#6669C2

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #487A78

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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