#486C8F#486C8F

#486C8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.069 H 248.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486C8F
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 143)
HSL	hsl(210, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(210, 50%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 24.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.35, -2.59, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.35, 23.29, 263.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.89% -0.0253 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(51.89% 0.069 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.9913, 14.0851, 28.0154)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486C8F #8F6B48

analogous

#488F8E #486C8F #48498F

triadic

#486C8F #8F486C #6C8F48

tetradic

#486C8F #8E488F #8F6B48 #498F48

square

#486C8F #8E488F #8F6B48 #498F48

split-complementary

#486C8F #8F4849 #8F8E48

monochromatic

#1F2F3E #344D66 #486C8F #638BB1 #8CA9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#486C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#486C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486C8F

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486C8F	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55668E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#277478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.069 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f96b0',
    500: '#486c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486c8f;
$custom-light: #7f96b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.577,
    "s": 33.023,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51894,
    "c": 0.06936,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486C8F

secondary

#B19982

accent

#935FC9

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF1F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486C8F

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

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