#487C8F#487C8F

#487C8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.063 H 223.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487C8F
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 143)
HSL	hsl(196, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, -11.92, -15.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 19.69, 232.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% -0.0455 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.063 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8362, 17.7750, 28.6304)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487C8F #8F5B48

analogous

#488F7E #487C8F #48598F

triadic

#487C8F #8F487C #7C8F48

tetradic

#487C8F #7E488F #8F5B48 #598F48

square

#487C8F #7E488F #8F5B48 #598F48

split-complementary

#487C8F #8F4859 #8F7E48

monochromatic

#1F353E #345966 #487C8F #639CB1 #8CB6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#487C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#487C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487C8F

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487C8F	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67728F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#238282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.063 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a2af',
    500: '#487c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487c8f;
$custom-light: #80a2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 33.023,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55749,
    "c": 0.06289,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487C8F

secondary

#B18E82

accent

#7B5FC9

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #487C8F

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

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