#486B8A#486B8A

#486B8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.064 H 246.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486B8A
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 138)
HSL	hsl(208, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(208, 48%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.84, -3.55, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.84, 21.25, 260.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% -0.0258 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.064 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.5161, 13.7272, 26.0299)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486B8A #8A6748

analogous

#488A88 #486B8A #484A8A

triadic

#486B8A #8A486B #6B8A48

tetradic

#486B8A #88488A #8A6748 #4A8A48

square

#486B8A #88488A #8A6748 #4A8A48

split-complementary

#486B8A #8A484A #8A8848

monochromatic

#1E2D3A #334C62 #486B8A #628AAD #8AA8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#486B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#486B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486B8A

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486B8A	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B7275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.064 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f95ac',
    500: '#486b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486b8a;
$custom-light: #7f95ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.182,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51417,
    "c": 0.06375,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486B8A

secondary

#AE9680

accent

#9160C8

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF1F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486B8A

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

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