#487B8D#487B8D

#487B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.061 H 222.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487B8D
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 141)
HSL	hsl(196, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 12.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.84, -11.95, -15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.84, 19.24, 231.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% -0.0451 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.061 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5614, 17.4656, 27.7980)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487B8D #8D5A48

analogous

#488D7D #487B8D #48598D

triadic

#487B8D #8D487B #7B8D48

tetradic

#487B8D #7D488D #8D5A48 #598D48

square

#487B8D #7D488D #8D5A48 #598D48

split-complementary

#487B8D #8D4859 #8D7D48

monochromatic

#1F343C #335864 #487B8D #639BAF #8BB5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#487B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#487B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487B8D

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487B8D	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71798E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66718D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#258181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.061 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa1ae',
    500: '#487b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487b8d;
$custom-light: #7fa1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55422,
    "c": 0.06142,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487B8D

secondary

#B08D81

accent

#7B5FC9

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #487B8D

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

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