#485A5E#485A5E

#485A5E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.023 H 212.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#485A5E
RGB	rgb(72, 90, 94)
HSL	hsl(191, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(191, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 4.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.93, -5.87, -4.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.93, 7.45, 218.01°)
OKLab	oklab(45.4% -0.0194 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(45.4% 0.023 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3485, 9.4979, 11.9809)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#485A5E #5E4C48

analogous

#485E57 #485A5E #484F5E

triadic

#485A5E #5E485A #5A5E48

tetradic

#485A5E #57485E #5E4C48 #4F5E48

square

#485A5E #57485E #5E4C48 #4F5E48

split-complementary

#485A5E #5E484F #5E5748

monochromatic

#131819 #2D393B #485A5E #637B81 #829A9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#485A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#485A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #485A5E

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##485A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##485A5E	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57595E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53565E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#415C5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #485a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 90, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.023 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b888b',
    500: '#485a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #485a5e;
$custom-light: #7b888b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#485a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.454,
    "c": 0.02306,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#485A5E

secondary

#8D7975

accent

#7E72B6

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#090B0C

muted

#7B7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #485A5E

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

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