#487E79#487E79

#487E79 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.058 H 188.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487E79
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 121)
HSL	hsl(174, 27%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(174, 43%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 0%, 4%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.10, -19.21, -2.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.10, 19.43, 188.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.41% -0.0577 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(55.41% 0.058 188)
XYZ	xyz(13.5832, 17.6789, 20.7820)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487E79 #7E484D

analogous

#487E5E #487E79 #48687E

triadic

#487E79 #79487E #7E7948

tetradic

#487E79 #5E487E #7E484D #687E48

square

#487E79 #5E487E #7E484D #687E48

split-complementary

#487E79 #7E4868 #7E5E48

monochromatic

#1B302E #325754 #487E79 #5FA49D #86BAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#487E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#487E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487E79

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487E79	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F727A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.058 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea39f',
    500: '#487e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487e79;
$custom-light: #7ea39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.444,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5541,
    "c": 0.05825,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.1768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487E79

secondary

#A67C80

accent

#646DC4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #487E79

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

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