#486B82#486B82

#486B82 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.054 H 238.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#486B82
RGBrgb(72, 107, 130)
HSLhsl(204, 29%, 40%)
HSVhsv(204, 45%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(44.6%, 17.7%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LABlab(43.51, -5.98, -16.66)
CIE-LCHlch(43.51, 17.70, 250.25°)
OKLaboklab(51.05% -0.0288 -0.0461)
OKLCHoklch(51.05% 0.054 238)
XYZxyz(11.9581, 13.5040, 23.0912)
Luminance0.1351 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#486B82 #825F48
analogous
#48827C #486B82 #484E82
triadic
#486B82 #82486B #6B8248
tetradic
#486B82 #7C4882 #825F48 #4E8248
square
#486B82 #7C4882 #825F48 #4E8248
split-complementary
#486B82 #82484E #827C48
monochromatic
#1C2A33 #324B5B #486B82 #608BA7 #88A8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67
#486B82 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70
#486B82 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486B82
5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##486B82#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##486B821.005.673.705.67
#FFFFFF5.671.0021.001.00
#0000003.7021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.671.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#616A83
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#596482
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#317172
Achromatopsia (no color)
#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #486b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.054 238.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e95a6',
    500: '#486b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #486b82;
$custom-light: #7e95a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#486b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.793,
    "s": 28.713,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51052,
    "c": 0.05434,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.13505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#486B82
secondary
#A98E7D
accent
#8A63C5
background
#F7F9FA
surface
#EEF1F4
border
#C9CBCE
text
#0A0D0F
muted
#7C7E7F

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#486B82 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva