#487E8B#487E8B

#487E8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.061 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487E8B
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 139)
HSL	hsl(192, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 9.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.69, -14.21, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.69, 19.00, 221.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% -0.0497 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.061 215)
XYZ	xyz(14.7918, 18.1623, 27.1473)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487E8B #8B5548

analogous

#488B77 #487E8B #485D8B

triadic

#487E8B #8B487E #7E8B48

tetradic

#487E8B #77488B #8B5548 #5D8B48

square

#487E8B #77488B #8B5548 #5D8B48

split-complementary

#487E8B #8B485D #8B7748

monochromatic

#1E353A #335963 #487E8B #629FAE #8BB8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#487E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#487E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487E8B

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487E8B	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	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)

#757B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A738B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#268382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.061 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa3ac',
    500: '#487e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487e8b;
$custom-light: #7fa3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.642,
    "s": 31.754,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56077,
    "c": 0.06067,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.18164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487E8B

secondary

#AE8980

accent

#7460C8

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF3F4

border

#CACDCE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #487E8B

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

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