#487B79#487B79

#487B79 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.055 H 192.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487B79
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 121)
HSL	hsl(178, 26%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 41%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 1.6%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, -17.60, -4.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 18.12, 193.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.65% -0.0538 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(54.65% 0.055 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.2053, 16.9232, 20.6561)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487B79 #7B484A

analogous

#487B5F #487B79 #48637B

triadic

#487B79 #79487B #7B7948

tetradic

#487B79 #5F487B #7B484A #637B48

square

#487B79 #5F487B #7B484A #637B48

split-complementary

#487B79 #7B4863 #7B5F48

monochromatic

#1B2E2D #315453 #487B79 #5FA19F #86B8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#487B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#487B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487B79

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487B79	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#327E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.055 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea19f',
    500: '#487b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487b79;
$custom-light: #7ea19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.647,
    "s": 26.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54654,
    "c": 0.05508,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487B79

secondary

#A47B7D

accent

#6569C3

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0F0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #487B79

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

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