#486D80#486D80

#486D80 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.052 H 231.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486D80
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 128)
HSL	hsl(200, 28%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(200, 44%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, -7.75, -14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 16.57, 242.10°)
OKLab	oklab(51.45% -0.0322 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(51.45% 0.052 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0361, 13.8727, 22.4614)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486D80 #805B48

analogous

#488077 #486D80 #485180

triadic

#486D80 #80486D #6D8048

tetradic

#486D80 #774880 #805B48 #518048

square

#486D80 #774880 #805B48 #518048

split-complementary

#486D80 #804851 #807748

monochromatic

#1C2A32 #324C59 #486D80 #608EA5 #87AABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#486D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#486D80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486D80

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486D80	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#317273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.052 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e96a4',
    500: '#486d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486d80;
$custom-light: #7e96a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.357,
    "s": 28,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51451,
    "c": 0.05169,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486D80

secondary

#A78B7D

accent

#8463C4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486D80

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

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