#487FA0#487FA0

#487FA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.078 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487FA0
RGB	rgb(72, 127, 160)
HSL	hsl(203, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(203, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 20.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, -8.40, -23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 24.68, 250.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% -0.0426 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.078 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6047, 19.0931, 36.0612)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487FA0 #A06948

analogous

#48A095 #487FA0 #4853A0

triadic

#487FA0 #A0487F #7FA048

tetradic

#487FA0 #9548A0 #A06948 #53A048

square

#487FA0 #9548A0 #A06948 #53A048

split-complementary

#487FA0 #A04853 #A09548

monochromatic

#223C4C #355D76 #487FA0 #699DBC #94B9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#487FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#487FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #487FA0

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##487FA0	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64759F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 127, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.078 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a4bc',
    500: '#487fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487fa0;
$custom-light: #82a4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57219,
    "c": 0.07751,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487FA0

secondary

#BB9C89

accent

#855ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #487FA0

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

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