#486C8B#486C8B

#486C8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.064 H 245.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486C8B
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 139)
HSL	hsl(208, 32%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(208, 48%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 22.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, -3.84, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 21.37, 259.65°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% -0.0267 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.064 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6936, 13.9660, 26.4479)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486C8B #8B6748

analogous

#488B89 #486C8B #484B8B

triadic

#486C8B #8B486C #6C8B48

tetradic

#486C8B #89488B #8B6748 #4B8B48

square

#486C8B #89488B #8B6748 #4B8B48

split-complementary

#486C8B #8B484B #8B8948

monochromatic

#1E2D3A #334D63 #486C8B #628BAE #8BA9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#486C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#486C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486C8B

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486C8B	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56658A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B7376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.064 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f96ad',
    500: '#486c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486c8b;
$custom-light: #7f96ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.761,
    "s": 31.754,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51703,
    "c": 0.06431,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486C8B

secondary

#AE9680

accent

#9060C8

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF1F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486C8B

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

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