#486D85#486D85

#486D85 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.057 H 237.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486D85
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 133)
HSL	hsl(204, 30%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(204, 46%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 18%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, -6.26, -17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 18.44, 250.14°)
OKLab	oklab(51.67% -0.0303 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(51.67% 0.057 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3733, 14.0076, 24.2375)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486D85 #856048

analogous

#48857F #486D85 #484E85

triadic

#486D85 #85486D #6D8548

tetradic

#486D85 #7F4885 #856048 #4E8548

square

#486D85 #7F4885 #856048 #4E8548

split-complementary

#486D85 #85484E #857F48

monochromatic

#1D2C36 #334C5D #486D85 #618DA9 #89A9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#486D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#486D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486D85

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486D85	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626C86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E7375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.057 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e96a8',
    500: '#486d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486d85;
$custom-light: #7e96a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.607,
    "s": 29.756,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51669,
    "c": 0.05677,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486D85

secondary

#AB907E

accent

#8962C6

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486D85

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

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