#487BAB#487BAB

#487BAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.093 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487BAB
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 171)
HSL	hsl(209, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(209, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 28.1%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, -2.53, -30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 30.82, 265.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% -0.0342 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.093 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1035, 18.4824, 41.1863)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487BAB #AB7848

analogous

#48ABAA #487BAB #4849AB

triadic

#487BAB #AB487B #7BAB48

tetradic

#487BAB #AA48AB #AB7848 #49AB48

square

#487BAB #AA48AB #AB7848 #49AB48

split-complementary

#487BAB #AB4849 #ABAA48

monochromatic

#243D55 #365C80 #487BAB #6E99C2 #99B8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#487BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#487BAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487BAB

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487BAB	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A73AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.093 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a1c4',
    500: '#487bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487bab;
$custom-light: #83a1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.091,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56807,
    "c": 0.09285,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487BAB

secondary

#C0A78E

accent

#9257D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F8

border

#CACCD1

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #487BAB

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

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