#486A8D#486A8D

#486A8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.068 H 250.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#486A8D
RGBrgb(72, 106, 141)
HSLhsl(210, 32%, 42%)
HSVhsv(210, 49%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(48.9%, 24.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(43.67, -2.01, -23.02)
CIE-LCHlch(43.67, 23.11, 265.00°)
OKLaboklab(51.32% -0.0234 -0.0642)
OKLCHoklch(51.32% 0.068 250)
XYZxyz(12.6326, 13.6080, 27.1551)
Luminance0.1361 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#486A8D #8D6B48
analogous
#488D8D #486A8D #49488D
triadic
#486A8D #8D486A #6A8D48
tetradic
#486A8D #8D488D #8D6B48 #488D49
square
#486A8D #8D488D #8D6B48 #488D49
split-complementary
#486A8D #8D4948 #8D8D48
monochromatic
#1F2D3C #334C64 #486A8D #6389AF #8BA7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64
#486A8D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72
#486A8D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486A8D
5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##486A8D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##486A8D1.005.643.725.64
#FFFFFF5.641.0021.001.00
#0000003.7221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.641.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5C6B8F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#53648C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2A7276
Achromatopsia (no color)
#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #486a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.068 250.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f94ae',
    500: '#486a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #486a8d;
$custom-light: #7f94ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#486a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.435,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51323,
    "c": 0.06835,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.13609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#486A8D
secondary
#B09981
accent
#955FC9
background
#F7F9FA
surface
#EEF1F4
border
#C9CBCE
text
#0A0D10
muted
#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

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#486A8D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva