#486B8D#486B8D

#486B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.068 H 248.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486B8D
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 141)
HSL	hsl(210, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(210, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 24.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, -2.62, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 22.70, 263.38°)
OKLab	oklab(51.56% -0.0247 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(51.56% 0.068 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.7362, 13.8153, 27.1896)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486B8D #8D6A48

analogous

#488D8D #486B8D #48498D

triadic

#486B8D #8D486B #6B8D48

tetradic

#486B8D #8D488D #8D6A48 #498D48

square

#486B8D #8D488D #8D6A48 #498D48

split-complementary

#486B8D #8D4849 #8D8D48

monochromatic

#1F2E3C #334C64 #486B8D #638AAF #8BA8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#486B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#486B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486B8D

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486B8D	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54658C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#297377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.068 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f95ae',
    500: '#486b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486b8d;
$custom-light: #7f95ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.565,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5156,
    "c": 0.06756,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486B8D

secondary

#B09881

accent

#935FC9

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF1F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486B8D

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

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