#487C96#487C96

#487C96 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.069 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487C96
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 150)
HSL	hsl(200, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 17.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, -9.80, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 21.71, 243.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% -0.0428 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.069 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.3831, 17.9938, 31.5107)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487C96 #966248

analogous

#489689 #487C96 #485596

triadic

#487C96 #96487C #7C9648

tetradic

#487C96 #894896 #966248 #559648

square

#487C96 #894896 #966248 #559648

split-complementary

#487C96 #964855 #968948

monochromatic

#203843 #345A6D #487C96 #669BB5 #8FB6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#487C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#487C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487C96

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487C96	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)

#6F7A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C8384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.069 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a1b5',
    500: '#487c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487c96;
$custom-light: #80a1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 35.135,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5605,
    "c": 0.06875,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487C96

secondary

#B59585

accent

#815DCB

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #487C96

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

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