#487E72#487E72

#487E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.061 H 178.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487E72
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 114)
HSL	hsl(167, 27%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(167, 43%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 0%, 9.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, -21.01, 0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 21.03, 177.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% -0.061 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.061 178)
XYZ	xyz(13.1694, 17.5134, 18.6028)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487E72 #7E4854

analogous

#487E57 #487E72 #486F7E

triadic

#487E72 #72487E #7E7248

tetradic

#487E72 #57487E #7E4854 #6F7E48

square

#487E72 #57487E #7E4854 #6F7E48

split-complementary

#487E72 #7E486F #7E5748

monochromatic

#1B302C #32574F #487E72 #5FA495 #86BAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#487E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#487E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487E72

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487E72	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#357F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.061 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea39a',
    500: '#487e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487e72;
$custom-light: #7ea39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55179,
    "c": 0.061,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.17514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487E72

secondary

#A67C85

accent

#6479C4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #487E72

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

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