#487E99#487E99

#487E99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.071 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487E99
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 153)
HSL	hsl(200, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(200, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, -10.01, -20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 22.39, 243.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% -0.0441 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.071 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8810, 18.5980, 32.8837)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487E99 #996348

analogous

#48998C #487E99 #485699

triadic

#487E99 #99487E #7E9948

tetradic

#487E99 #8C4899 #996348 #569948

square

#487E99 #8C4899 #996348 #569948

split-complementary

#487E99 #994856 #998C48

monochromatic

#213946 #345C6F #487E99 #679DB7 #90B7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#487E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#487E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487E99

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487E99	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717C9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#178587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.071 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a3b7',
    500: '#487e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487e99;
$custom-light: #81a3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56665,
    "c": 0.07099,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487E99

secondary

#B79686

accent

#815CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F6

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #487E99

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

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