#487E9C#487E9C

#487E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.074 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487E9C
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 156)
HSL	hsl(201, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, -9.08, -21.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 23.42, 247.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% -0.0429 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.074 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1319, 18.6984, 34.2051)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487E9C #9C6648

analogous

#489C90 #487E9C #48549C

triadic

#487E9C #9C487E #7E9C48

tetradic

#487E9C #90489C #9C6648 #549C48

square

#487E9C #90489C #9C6648 #549C48

split-complementary

#487E9C #9C4854 #9C9048

monochromatic

#213A48 #355C72 #487E9C #689CB9 #92B8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#487E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#487E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487E9C

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487E9C	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707D9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64749C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#128688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.074 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a3b9',
    500: '#487e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487e9c;
$custom-light: #81a3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56798,
    "c": 0.07387,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487E9C

secondary

#B89987

accent

#845BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F6

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #487E9C

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

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