#485D79#485D79

#485D79 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.052 H 255.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#485D79
RGB	rgb(72, 93, 121)
HSL	hsl(214, 25%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(214, 40%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 23.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.87, -0.20, -18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.87, 18.32, 269.38°)
OKLab	oklab(47.28% -0.0129 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(47.28% 0.052 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0369, 10.5864, 19.6000)
Luminance	0.1059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#485D79 #796448

analogous

#487579 #485D79 #4B4879

triadic

#485D79 #79485D #5D7948

tetradic

#485D79 #794875 #796448 #48794B

square

#485D79 #794875 #796448 #48794B

split-complementary

#485D79 #794B48 #757948

monochromatic

#1A222C #314053 #485D79 #5F7A9F #859AB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#485D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#485D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #485D79

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##485D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##485D79	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535E7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#376366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #485d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 93, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.052 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d8a9f',
    500: '#485d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #485d79;
$custom-light: #7d8a9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#485d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 25.389,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47276,
    "c": 0.05238,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#485D79

secondary

#A2917A

accent

#9A66C2

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0B0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #485D79

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

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