#486C8E#486C8E

#486C8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.068 H 247.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486C8E
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 142)
HSL	hsl(209, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(209, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, -2.91, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 22.80, 262.68°)
OKLab	oklab(51.85% -0.0256 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(51.85% 0.068 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9159, 14.0549, 27.6182)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486C8E #8E6A48

analogous

#488E8D #486C8E #48498E

triadic

#486C8E #8E486C #6C8E48

tetradic

#486C8E #8D488E #8E6A48 #498E48

square

#486C8E #8D488E #8E6A48 #498E48

split-complementary

#486C8E #8E4849 #8E8D48

monochromatic

#1F2E3D #334D65 #486C8E #638BB0 #8CA9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#486C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#486C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486C8E

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486C8E	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55668D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#287478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.068 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f96af',
    500: '#486c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486c8e;
$custom-light: #7f96af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.143,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51846,
    "c": 0.06807,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486C8E

secondary

#B09882

accent

#925FC9

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF1F4

border

#C9CBCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486C8E

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

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