#487E73#487E73

#487E73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.060 H 179.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#487E73
RGBrgb(72, 126, 115)
HSLhsl(168, 27%, 39%)
HSVhsv(168, 43%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(42.9%, 0%, 8.7%, 50.6%)
CIE-LABlab(48.93, -20.76, 0.37)
CIE-LCHlch(48.93, 20.77, 178.97°)
OKLaboklab(55.21% -0.0605 0.0007)
OKLCHoklch(55.21% 0.06 179.4)
XYZxyz(13.2266, 17.5363, 18.9042)
Luminance0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#487E73 #7E4853
analogous
#487E58 #487E73 #486E7E
triadic
#487E73 #73487E #7E7348
tetradic
#487E73 #58487E #7E4853 #6E7E48
square
#487E73 #58487E #7E4853 #6E7E48
split-complementary
#487E73 #7E486E #7E5848
monochromatic
#1B302C #32574F #487E73 #5FA496 #86BAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66
#487E73 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51
#487E73 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487E73
4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##487E73#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##487E731.004.664.514.66
#FFFFFF4.661.0021.001.00
#0000004.5121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.661.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7A7873
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#717174
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#34807B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #487e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.060 179.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea39b',
    500: '#487e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #487e73;
$custom-light: #7ea39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#487e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.778,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55211,
    "c": 0.06048,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#487E73
secondary
#A67C84
accent
#6478C4
background
#F7FAF9
surface
#EEF4F2
border
#C9CECC
text
#0A0F0E
muted
#7C7F7E

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#487E73 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva