#486D79#486D79

#486D79 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.046 H 220.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486D79
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 121)
HSL	hsl(195, 25%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(195, 40%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 9.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.79, -9.77, -10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.79, 14.58, 227.92°)
OKLab	oklab(51.16% -0.0351 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(51.16% 0.046 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5911, 13.6947, 20.1180)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486D79 #795448

analogous

#48796C #486D79 #485479

triadic

#486D79 #79486D #6D7948

tetradic

#486D79 #6C4879 #795448 #547948

square

#486D79 #6C4879 #795448 #547948

split-complementary

#486D79 #794854 #796C48

monochromatic

#1A282C #314A53 #486D79 #5F909F #85AAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#486D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#486D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486D79

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486D79	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666B7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#357171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.046 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d969f',
    500: '#486d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486d79;
$custom-light: #7d969f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 25.389,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51161,
    "c": 0.04602,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486D79

secondary

#A2847A

accent

#7C66C2

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486D79

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

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