#487CA6#487CA6

#487CA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.086 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487CA6
RGB	rgb(72, 124, 166)
HSL	hsl(207, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(207, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 25.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, -4.75, -27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 28.10, 260.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% -0.037 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.086 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7606, 18.5448, 38.7652)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487CA6 #A67248

analogous

#48A6A1 #487CA6 #484DA6

triadic

#487CA6 #A6487C #7CA648

tetradic

#487CA6 #A148A6 #A67248 #4DA648

square

#487CA6 #A148A6 #A67248 #4DA648

split-complementary

#487CA6 #A6484D #A6A148

monochromatic

#233C51 #355C7B #487CA6 #6C9ABF #97B7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#487CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#487CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487CA6

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487CA6	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7DA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D73A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00868A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 124, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.086 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a1c0',
    500: '#487ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487ca6;
$custom-light: #82a1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.809,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56792,
    "c": 0.08597,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487CA6

secondary

#BEA28C

accent

#8E58CF

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F7

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #487CA6

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

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