#486C8D#486C8D

#486C8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.067 H 247.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486C8D
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(209, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(209, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, -3.22, -22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 22.32, 261.71°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% -0.026 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.067 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8411, 14.0250, 27.2246)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486C8D #8D6948

analogous

#488D8C #486C8D #484A8D

triadic

#486C8D #8D486C #6C8D48

tetradic

#486C8D #8C488D #8D6948 #4A8D48

square

#486C8D #8C488D #8D6948 #4A8D48

split-complementary

#486C8D #8D484A #8D8C48

monochromatic

#1F2E3C #334D64 #486C8D #638BAF #8BA9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#486C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#486C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486C8D

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486C8D	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56668C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#297477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.067 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f96ae',
    500: '#486c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486c8d;
$custom-light: #7f96ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.696,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51798,
    "c": 0.0668,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486C8D

secondary

#B09781

accent

#925FC9

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF1F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486C8D

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

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