#487D9D#487D9D

#487D9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.075 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487D9D
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 157)
HSL	hsl(203, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, -8.20, -22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 24.02, 250.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% -0.0414 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.075 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0897, 18.4779, 34.6105)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487D9D #9D6848

analogous

#489D92 #487D9D #48539D

triadic

#487D9D #9D487D #7D9D48

tetradic

#487D9D #92489D #9D6848 #539D48

square

#487D9D #92489D #9D6848 #539D48

split-complementary

#487D9D #9D4853 #9D9248

monochromatic

#223A49 #355C73 #487D9D #689BBA #92B7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#487D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#487D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487D9D

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487D9D	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62739C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#108588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.075 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a2ba',
    500: '#487d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487d9d;
$custom-light: #81a2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.588,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56604,
    "c": 0.0753,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487D9D

secondary

#B99A88

accent

#865BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #487D9D

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

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