#487C8E#487C8E

#487C8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.062 H 222.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487C8E
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 142)
HSL	hsl(195, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.19, -12.21, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.19, 19.46, 231.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% -0.046 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.062 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7608, 17.7448, 28.2332)
Luminance	0.1775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487C8E #8E5A48

analogous

#488E7D #487C8E #48598E

triadic

#487C8E #8E487C #7C8E48

tetradic

#487C8E #7D488E #8E5A48 #598E48

square

#487C8E #7D488E #8E5A48 #598E48

split-complementary

#487C8E #8E4859 #8E7D48

monochromatic

#1F353D #335965 #487C8E #639CB0 #8CB6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#487C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#487C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487C8E

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487C8E	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71798F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67718E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#248282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.062 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a2af',
    500: '#487c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487c8e;
$custom-light: #80a2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.429,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55708,
    "c": 0.06217,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487C8E

secondary

#B08E82

accent

#7A5FC9

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #487C8E

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

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