#485E68#485E68

#485E68 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.031 H 227.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#485E68
RGB	rgb(72, 94, 104)
HSL	hsl(199, 18%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 31%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.52, -5.65, -8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.52, 10.13, 236.08°)
OKLab	oklab(46.78% -0.0211 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(46.78% 0.031 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1731, 10.3822, 14.6146)
Luminance	0.1038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#485E68 #685248

analogous

#486862 #485E68 #484E68

triadic

#485E68 #68485E #5E6848

tetradic

#485E68 #624868 #685248 #4E6848

square

#485E68 #624868 #685248 #4E6848

split-complementary

#485E68 #68484E #686248

monochromatic

#161D20 #2F3D44 #485E68 #617F8C #829CA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#485E68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#485E68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #485E68

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##485E68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##485E68	1.00	6.83	3.08	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595D69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E6161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #485e68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 94, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.031 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c8b93',
    500: '#485e68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #485e68;
$custom-light: #7c8b93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#485e68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46777,
    "c": 0.03114,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#485E68

secondary

#958076

accent

#856DBB

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F1

border

#C9CBCB

text

#090C0D

muted

#7B7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #485E68

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

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