#487B9D#487B9D

#487B9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.076 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487B9D
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 157)
HSL	hsl(204, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(204, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, -7.04, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 24.54, 253.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% -0.0389 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.076 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.8390, 17.9766, 34.5269)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487B9D #9D6A48

analogous

#489D95 #487B9D #48509D

triadic

#487B9D #9D487B #7B9D48

tetradic

#487B9D #95489D #9D6A48 #509D48

square

#487B9D #95489D #9D6A48 #509D48

split-complementary

#487B9D #9D4850 #9D9548

monochromatic

#223949 #355A73 #487B9D #6899BA #92B6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#487B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#487B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487B9D

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487B9D	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60729C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#128486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.076 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a1ba',
    500: '#487b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487b9d;
$custom-light: #81a1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56126,
    "c": 0.07627,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487B9D

secondary

#B99B88

accent

#885BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #487B9D

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

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