#487C9B#487C9B

#487C9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.074 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487C9B
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 155)
HSL	hsl(202, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 20%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.69, -8.25, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.69, 23.50, 249.45°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% -0.0409 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.074 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.7944, 18.1583, 33.6766)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487C9B #9B6748

analogous

#489B91 #487C9B #48529B

triadic

#487C9B #9B487C #7C9B48

tetradic

#487C9B #91489B #9B6748 #529B48

square

#487C9B #91489B #9B6748 #529B48

split-complementary

#487C9B #9B4852 #9B9148

monochromatic

#213947 #355B71 #487C9B #689AB9 #91B6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#487C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#487C9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487C9B

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487C9B	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62729B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#158486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.074 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a1b8',
    500: '#487c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487c9b;
$custom-light: #81a1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.41,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56273,
    "c": 0.07367,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487C9B

secondary

#B89987

accent

#865BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #487C9B

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

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