#487D8D#487D8D

#487D8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.062 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487D8D
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 141)
HSL	hsl(194, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, -13.07, -14.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 19.26, 227.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% -0.0476 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.062 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8120, 17.9669, 27.8815)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487D8D #8D5848

analogous

#488D7B #487D8D #485B8D

triadic

#487D8D #8D487D #7D8D48

tetradic

#487D8D #7B488D #8D5848 #5B8D48

square

#487D8D #7B488D #8D5848 #5B8D48

split-complementary

#487D8D #8D485B #8D7B48

monochromatic

#1F353C #335964 #487D8D #639EAF #8BB7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#487D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#487D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487D8D

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487D8D	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68728D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#248382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.062 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a2ae',
    500: '#487d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487d8d;
$custom-light: #80a2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.913,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55912,
    "c": 0.0616,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487D8D

secondary

#B08C81

accent

#785FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF3F4

border

#CACDCE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #487D8D

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

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