#487A8D#487A8D

#487A8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.061 H 224.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487A8D
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 141)
HSL	hsl(197, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 13.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.53, -11.38, -15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.53, 19.27, 233.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% -0.0438 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.061 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4380, 17.2187, 27.7569)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487A8D #8D5B48

analogous

#488D7E #487A8D #48588D

triadic

#487A8D #8D487A #7A8D48

tetradic

#487A8D #7E488D #8D5B48 #588D48

square

#487A8D #7E488D #8D5B48 #588D48

split-complementary

#487A8D #8D4858 #8D7E48

monochromatic

#1F343C #335764 #487A8D #639AAF #8BB4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#487A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#487A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487A8D

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487A8D	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F788E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65708D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#258080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.061 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa0ae',
    500: '#487a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487a8d;
$custom-light: #7fa0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.522,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55177,
    "c": 0.06141,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487A8D

secondary

#B08E81

accent

#7C5FC9

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #487A8D

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

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