#487A9F#487A9F

#487A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.079 H 242.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487A9F
RGB	rgb(72, 122, 159)
HSL	hsl(206, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 23.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.25, -5.82, -25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.25, 25.68, 256.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% -0.037 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.079 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8878, 17.7987, 35.3924)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487A9F #9F6D48

analogous

#489F98 #487A9F #484F9F

triadic

#487A9F #9F487A #7A9F48

tetradic

#487A9F #98489F #9F6D48 #4F9F48

square

#487A9F #98489F #9F6D48 #4F9F48

split-complementary

#487A9F #9F484F #9F9848

monochromatic

#22394B #355A75 #487A9F #6998BB #93B5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#487A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#487A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487A9F

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487A9F	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E719E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E8386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 122, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.079 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a0bb',
    500: '#487a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487a9f;
$custom-light: #81a0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.517,
    "s": 37.662,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55983,
    "c": 0.0791,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487A9F

secondary

#BA9E89

accent

#8B5ACE

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #487A9F

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

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