#487A8F#487A8F

#487A8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.063 H 226.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487A8F
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 143)
HSL	hsl(198, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(198, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 14.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, -10.78, -16.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 19.80, 237.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% -0.043 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.063 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5881, 17.2788, 28.5477)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487A8F #8F5D48

analogous

#488F80 #487A8F #48578F

triadic

#487A8F #8F487A #7A8F48

tetradic

#487A8F #80488F #8F5D48 #578F48

square

#487A8F #80488F #8F5D48 #578F48

split-complementary

#487A8F #8F4857 #8F8048

monochromatic

#1F353E #345766 #487A8F #639AB1 #8CB4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#487A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#487A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487A8F

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487A8F	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64708F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#248081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.063 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a0af',
    500: '#487a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487a8f;
$custom-light: #80a0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.746,
    "s": 33.023,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55262,
    "c": 0.063,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487A8F

secondary

#B19082

accent

#7E5FC9

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #487A8F

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

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