#487A8A#487A8A

#487A8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.059 H 220.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487A8A
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 138)
HSL	hsl(195, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(195, 48%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 11.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, -12.27, -13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 18.58, 228.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% -0.0451 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.059 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.2178, 17.1307, 26.5972)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487A8A #8A5848

analogous

#488A79 #487A8A #48598A

triadic

#487A8A #8A487A #7A8A48

tetradic

#487A8A #79488A #8A5848 #598A48

square

#487A8A #79488A #8A5848 #598A48

split-complementary

#487A8A #8A4859 #8A7948

monochromatic

#1E333A #335662 #487A8A #629BAD #8AB5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#487A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#487A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487A8A

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487A8A	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70778B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66708A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#287F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.059 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa0ac',
    500: '#487a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487a8a;
$custom-light: #7fa0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55053,
    "c": 0.05928,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487A8A

secondary

#AE8B80

accent

#7960C8

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #487A8A

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

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