#486B79#486B79

#486B79 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.046 H 225.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486B79
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 121)
HSL	hsl(197, 25%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(197, 40%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.17, -8.61, -11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.17, 14.58, 233.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.67% -0.0324 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(50.67% 0.046 225)
XYZ	xyz(11.3802, 13.2729, 20.0477)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486B79 #795648

analogous

#48796E #486B79 #485279

triadic

#486B79 #79486B #6B7948

tetradic

#486B79 #6E4879 #795648 #527948

square

#486B79 #6E4879 #795648 #527948

split-complementary

#486B79 #794852 #796E48

monochromatic

#1A272C #314953 #486B79 #5F8D9F #85A8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#486B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#486B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486B79

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486B79	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63697A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#356F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.046 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d959f',
    500: '#486b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486b79;
$custom-light: #7d959f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 25.389,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50668,
    "c": 0.04577,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.13274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486B79

secondary

#A2867A

accent

#8066C2

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF1F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486B79

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

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