#487A9B#487A9B

#487A9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.075 H 239.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487A9B
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 155)
HSL	hsl(204, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(204, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 21.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, -7.09, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 24.00, 252.82°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% -0.0385 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.075 239)
XYZ	xyz(15.5463, 17.6621, 33.5939)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487A9B #9B6948

analogous

#489B93 #487A9B #48519B

triadic

#487A9B #9B487A #7A9B48

tetradic

#487A9B #93489B #9B6948 #519B48

square

#487A9B #93489B #9B6948 #519B48

split-complementary

#487A9B #9B4851 #9B9348

monochromatic

#213847 #355971 #487A9B #6898B9 #91B5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#487A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#487A9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487A9B

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487A9B	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60719A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#168285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.075 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a0b8',
    500: '#487a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487a9b;
$custom-light: #81a0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.855,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55795,
    "c": 0.07461,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.17663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487A9B

secondary

#B89A87

accent

#885BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #487A9B

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

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