#487E97#487E97

#487E97 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.069 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487E97
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 151)
HSL	hsl(199, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 16.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.14, -10.63, -18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.14, 21.75, 240.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% -0.0448 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.069 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7172, 18.5325, 32.0210)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487E97 #976148

analogous

#489788 #487E97 #485697

triadic

#487E97 #97487E #7E9748

tetradic

#487E97 #884897 #976148 #569748

square

#487E97 #884897 #976148 #569748

split-complementary

#487E97 #974856 #978848

monochromatic

#203944 #345B6E #487E97 #669DB6 #90B7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#487E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#487E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487E97

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487E97	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717C98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A8586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.069 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a3b5',
    500: '#487e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487e97;
$custom-light: #81a3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.987,
    "s": 35.426,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56577,
    "c": 0.06918,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487E97

secondary

#B69585

accent

#805CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F6

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #487E97

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

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