#487B8A#487B8A

#487B8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.059 H 218.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487B8A
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 138)
HSL	hsl(194, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(194, 48%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 10.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.73, -12.83, -13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.73, 18.61, 226.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% -0.0463 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.059 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3412, 17.3775, 26.6383)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487B8A #8A5748

analogous

#488A78 #487B8A #485A8A

triadic

#487B8A #8A487B #7B8A48

tetradic

#487B8A #78488A #8A5748 #5A8A48

square

#487B8A #78488A #8A5748 #5A8A48

split-complementary

#487B8A #8A485A #8A7848

monochromatic

#1E333A #335762 #487B8A #629CAD #8AB5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#487B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#487B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487B8A

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487B8A	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71788B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67708A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#278080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.059 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa1ac',
    500: '#487b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487b8a;
$custom-light: #7fa1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55298,
    "c": 0.05943,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487B8A

secondary

#AE8A80

accent

#7860C8

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #487B8A

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

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