#487D79#487D79

#487D79 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.057 H 189.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487D79
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 121)
HSL	hsl(175, 27%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(175, 42%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 0%, 3.2%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.79, -18.68, -3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.79, 18.98, 190.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.16% -0.0564 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(55.16% 0.057 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.4560, 17.4244, 20.7396)
Luminance	0.1742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487D79 #7D484C

analogous

#487D5E #487D79 #48667D

triadic

#487D79 #79487D #7D7948

tetradic

#487D79 #5E487D #7D484C #667D48

square

#487D79 #5E487D #7D484C #667D48

split-complementary

#487D79 #7D4866 #7D5E48

monochromatic

#1B2F2E #325653 #487D79 #5FA39E #86B9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#487D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#487D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487D79

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487D79	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787879

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E717A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#327F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.057 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea39f',
    500: '#487d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487d79;
$custom-light: #7ea39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.472,
    "s": 26.904,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55158,
    "c": 0.05715,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487D79

secondary

#A57C7F

accent

#656CC3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF3F2

border

#C9CDCC

text

#0A0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #487D79

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

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