#487D8A#487D8A

#487D8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.060 H 215.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487D8A
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 138)
HSL	hsl(192, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 48%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 9.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, -13.95, -12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 18.76, 221.97°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% -0.0489 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.06 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.5918, 17.8788, 26.7218)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487D8A #8A5548

analogous

#488A76 #487D8A #485C8A

triadic

#487D8A #8A487D #7D8A48

tetradic

#487D8A #76488A #8A5548 #5C8A48

square

#487D8A #76488A #8A5548 #5C8A48

split-complementary

#487D8A #8A485C #8A7648

monochromatic

#1E343A #335962 #487D8A #629EAD #8AB7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#487D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#487D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487D8A

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487D8A	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69728A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#278281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.060 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa2ac',
    500: '#487d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487d8a;
$custom-light: #7fa2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.818,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55791,
    "c": 0.05988,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487D8A

secondary

#AE8980

accent

#7560C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF3F4

border

#CACDCE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #487D8A

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

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