#487E9B#487E9B

#487E9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.073 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487E9B
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 155)
HSL	hsl(201, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 18.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, -9.39, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 23.07, 245.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% -0.0433 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.073 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0476, 18.6646, 33.7610)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487E9B #9B6548

analogous

#489B8F #487E9B #48559B

triadic

#487E9B #9B487E #7E9B48

tetradic

#487E9B #8F489B #9B6548 #559B48

square

#487E9B #8F489B #9B6548 #559B48

split-complementary

#487E9B #9B4855 #9B8F48

monochromatic

#213A47 #355C71 #487E9B #689CB9 #91B8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#487E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#487E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487E9B

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487E9B	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64749B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#138687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.073 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a3b8',
    500: '#487e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487e9b;
$custom-light: #81a3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.964,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56753,
    "c": 0.07288,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487E9B

secondary

#B89887

accent

#835BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F6

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #487E9B

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

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