#487F99#487F99

#487F99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.071 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487F99
RGB	rgb(72, 127, 153)
HSL	hsl(199, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 17%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, -10.58, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 22.24, 241.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% -0.0453 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.071 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0095, 18.8550, 32.9265)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#487F99 #996248

analogous

#48998B #487F99 #485799

triadic

#487F99 #99487F #7F9948

tetradic

#487F99 #8B4899 #996248 #579948

square

#487F99 #8B4899 #996248 #579948

split-complementary

#487F99 #994857 #998B48

monochromatic

#213A46 #345C6F #487F99 #679EB7 #90B8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#487F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#487F99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487F99

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487F99	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#168687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 127, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.071 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a4b7',
    500: '#487f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487f99;
$custom-light: #81a4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.259,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56906,
    "c": 0.07073,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487F99

secondary

#B79686

accent

#805CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #487F99

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

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