#487D9B#487D9B

#487D9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.073 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487D9B
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 155)
HSL	hsl(202, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 19.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.99, -8.82, -21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.99, 23.27, 247.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% -0.0421 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.073 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9203, 18.4102, 33.7186)
Luminance	0.1841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487D9B #9B6648

analogous

#489B90 #487D9B #48539B

triadic

#487D9B #9B487D #7D9B48

tetradic

#487D9B #90489B #9B6648 #539B48

square

#487D9B #90489B #9B6648 #539B48

split-complementary

#487D9B #9B4853 #9B9048

monochromatic

#213A47 #355B71 #487D9B #689BB9 #91B7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#487D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#487D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487D9B

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487D9B	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7C9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63739B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#148587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.073 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a2b8',
    500: '#487d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487d9b;
$custom-light: #81a2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.687,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56513,
    "c": 0.07326,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487D9B

secondary

#B89987

accent

#845BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #487D9B

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

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