#487E83#487E83

#487E83 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.058 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487E83
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 131)
HSL	hsl(185, 29%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 45%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 3.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, -16.49, -8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 18.47, 206.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% -0.0532 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.058 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2285, 17.9370, 24.1807)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487E83 #834D48

analogous

#48836B #487E83 #486083

triadic

#487E83 #83487E #7E8348

tetradic

#487E83 #6B4883 #834D48 #608348

square

#487E83 #6B4883 #834D48 #608348

split-complementary

#487E83 #834860 #836B48

monochromatic

#1D3234 #32585C #487E83 #60A2A8 #88B9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#487E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#487E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487E83

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487E83	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777A83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.058 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa3a7',
    500: '#487e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487e83;
$custom-light: #7fa3a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.085,
    "s": 29.064,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55768,
    "c": 0.05788,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487E83

secondary

#A9817E

accent

#6B62C5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF3F4

border

#C9CDCE

text

#0A0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #487E83

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

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