#487B59#487B59

#487B59 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.077 H 153.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487B59
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 89)
HSL	hsl(140, 26%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(140, 41%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 27.6%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, -25.21, 13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 28.52, 152.12°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% -0.0691 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.077 153.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5579, 16.2642, 11.9795)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487B59 #7B486A

analogous

#507B48 #487B59 #487B72

triadic

#487B59 #59487B #7B5948

tetradic

#487B59 #48507B #7B486A #7B7248

square

#487B59 #48507B #7B486A #7B7248

split-complementary

#487B59 #72487B #7B4850

monochromatic

#1B2E21 #31543D #487B59 #5FA175 #86B896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#487B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#487B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487B59

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487B59	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.077 153.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da188',
    500: '#487b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487b59;
$custom-light: #7da188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 26.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53694,
    "c": 0.07703,
    "h": 153.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487B59

secondary

#A47B96

accent

#65A3C3

background

#F7F9F8

surface

#EEF2EF

border

#C9CCCA

text

#0A0F0B

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #487B59

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

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