#487DA5#487DA5

#487DA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.084 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487DA5
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 165)
HSL	hsl(206, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(206, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 24.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, -5.65, -26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 27.31, 258.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% -0.0385 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.084 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7952, 18.7601, 38.3260)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487DA5 #A57048

analogous

#48A59F #487DA5 #484FA5

triadic

#487DA5 #A5487D #7DA548

tetradic

#487DA5 #9F48A5 #A57048 #4FA548

square

#487DA5 #9F48A5 #A57048 #4FA548

split-complementary

#487DA5 #A5484F #A59F48

monochromatic

#233C50 #355D7A #487DA5 #6C9BBF #96B8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#487DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#487DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487DA5

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487DA5	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7DA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F74A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.084 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a2c0',
    500: '#487da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487da5;
$custom-light: #82a2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.806,
    "s": 39.241,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56979,
    "c": 0.08412,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487DA5

secondary

#BDA18C

accent

#8C59CF

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F7

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #487DA5

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

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