#486D8A#486D8A

#486D8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.062 H 243.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486D8A
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 138)
HSL	hsl(206, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(206, 48%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, -4.74, -20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 20.58, 256.67°)
OKLab	oklab(51.9% -0.0284 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(51.9% 0.062 243)
XYZ	xyz(12.7270, 14.1491, 26.1002)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486D8A #8A6548

analogous

#488A86 #486D8A #484C8A

triadic

#486D8A #8A486D #6D8A48

tetradic

#486D8A #86488A #8A6548 #4C8A48

square

#486D8A #86488A #8A6548 #4C8A48

split-complementary

#486D8A #8A484C #8A8648

monochromatic

#1E2D3A #334D62 #486D8A #628CAD #8AAAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#486D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#486D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486D8A

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486D8A	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B7477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.062 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f96ac',
    500: '#486d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486d8a;
$custom-light: #7f96ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.364,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51896,
    "c": 0.06246,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.1415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486D8A

secondary

#AE9480

accent

#8E60C8

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486D8A

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

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