#487D97#487D97

#487D97 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.069 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487D97
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 151)
HSL	hsl(200, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, -10.06, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 21.89, 242.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% -0.0436 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.069 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.5900, 18.2780, 31.9786)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487D97 #976248

analogous

#489789 #487D97 #485597

triadic

#487D97 #97487D #7D9748

tetradic

#487D97 #894897 #976248 #559748

square

#487D97 #894897 #976248 #559748

split-complementary

#487D97 #974855 #978948

monochromatic

#203844 #345B6E #487D97 #669CB6 #90B7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#487D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#487D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487D97

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487D97	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707B98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A8485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.069 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a2b5',
    500: '#487d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487d97;
$custom-light: #81a2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.747,
    "s": 35.426,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56335,
    "c": 0.06941,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487D97

secondary

#B69585

accent

#815CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F6

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #487D97

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

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