#487E8A#487E8A

#487E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.060 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487E8A
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 138)
HSL	hsl(191, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 8.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, -14.50, -12.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 18.87, 219.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% -0.0501 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.06 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.7191, 18.1332, 26.7643)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487E8A #8A5448

analogous

#488A75 #487E8A #485D8A

triadic

#487E8A #8A487E #7E8A48

tetradic

#487E8A #75488A #8A5448 #5D8A48

square

#487E8A #75488A #8A5448 #5D8A48

split-complementary

#487E8A #8A485D #8A7548

monochromatic

#1E353A #335962 #487E8A #629FAD #8AB8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#487E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#487E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487E8A

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487E8A	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A738A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#278382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.060 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa3ac',
    500: '#487e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487e8a;
$custom-light: #7fa3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56037,
    "c": 0.06018,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487E8A

secondary

#AE8880

accent

#7360C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF3F4

border

#CACDCE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #487E8A

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

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