#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
RGBrgb(72, 122, 141)
HSLhsl(197, 32%, 42%)
HSVhsv(197, 49%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(48.9%, 13.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(48.53, -11.38, -15.55)
CIE-LCHlch(48.53, 19.27, 233.79°)
OKLaboklab(55.18% -0.0438 -0.043)
OKLCHoklch(55.18% 0.061 224.4)
XYZxyz(14.4380, 17.2187, 27.7569)
Luminance0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##487A8D1.004.734.444.73
#FFFFFF4.731.0021.001.00
#0000004.4421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.731.0021.001.00

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

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#487A8D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva