#486B9B#486B9B

#486B9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.086 H 256.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486B9B
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 155)
HSL	hsl(215, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(215, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 31%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.60, 1.86, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.60, 29.95, 273.57°)
OKLab	oklab(52.27% -0.0201 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(52.27% 0.086 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8445, 14.2586, 33.0266)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486B9B #9B7848

analogous

#48959B #486B9B #4F489B

triadic

#486B9B #9B486B #6B9B48

tetradic

#486B9B #9B4895 #9B7848 #489B4F

square

#486B9B #9B4895 #9B7848 #489B4F

split-complementary

#486B9B #9B4F48 #959B48

monochromatic

#213147 #354E71 #486B9B #688AB9 #91AACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#486B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#486B9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486B9B

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486B9B	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E669A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C767C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.086 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8195b8',
    500: '#486b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486b9b;
$custom-light: #8195b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.699,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52267,
    "c": 0.08641,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486B9B

secondary

#B8A387

accent

#9D5BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #486B9B

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

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