#487D9C#487D9C

#487D9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.074 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487D9C
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 156)
HSL	hsl(202, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.03, -8.51, -22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.03, 23.64, 248.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% -0.0417 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.074 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0047, 18.4439, 34.1627)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487D9C #9C6748

analogous

#489C91 #487D9C #48539C

triadic

#487D9C #9C487D #7D9C48

tetradic

#487D9C #91489C #9C6748 #539C48

square

#487D9C #91489C #9C6748 #539C48

split-complementary

#487D9C #9C4853 #9C9148

monochromatic

#213A48 #355B72 #487D9C #689BB9 #92B7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#487D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#487D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487D9C

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487D9C	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63739C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#128587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.074 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a2b9',
    500: '#487d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487d9c;
$custom-light: #81a2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.143,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56558,
    "c": 0.07427,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487D9C

secondary

#B89987

accent

#855BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #487D9C

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

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