#486D84#486D84

#486D84 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.056 H 236.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486D84
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 132)
HSL	hsl(203, 29%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(203, 45%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 17.4%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, -6.56, -16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 18.04, 248.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.63% -0.0306 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(51.63% 0.056 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.3045, 13.9801, 23.8754)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486D84 #845F48

analogous

#48847D #486D84 #484F84

triadic

#486D84 #84486D #6D8448

tetradic

#486D84 #7D4884 #845F48 #4F8448

square

#486D84 #7D4884 #845F48 #4F8448

split-complementary

#486D84 #84484F #847D48

monochromatic

#1D2C35 #324C5C #486D84 #618DA9 #88AABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#486D84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#486D84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486D84

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486D84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486D84	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636C85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F7374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486d84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.056 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e96a7',
    500: '#486d84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486d84;
$custom-light: #7e96a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486d84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51625,
    "c": 0.0557,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486D84

secondary

#AA8F7E

accent

#8862C6

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486D84

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

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