#487E8D#487E8D

#487E8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.062 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487E8D
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 141)
HSL	hsl(193, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.76, -13.63, -13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.76, 19.31, 225.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% -0.0489 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.062 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.9393, 18.2213, 27.9240)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487E8D #8D5748

analogous

#488D7A #487E8D #485C8D

triadic

#487E8D #8D487E #7E8D48

tetradic

#487E8D #7A488D #8D5748 #5C8D48

square

#487E8D #7A488D #8D5748 #5C8D48

split-complementary

#487E8D #8D485C #8D7A48

monochromatic

#1F363C #335A64 #487E8D #639FAF #8BB8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#487E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#487E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487E8D

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487E8D	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69738D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#248383

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.062 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a3ae',
    500: '#487e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487e8d;
$custom-light: #80a3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56157,
    "c": 0.06176,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487E8D

secondary

#B08B81

accent

#765FC9

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF3F4

border

#CACDCE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #487E8D

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

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