#486D8D#486D8D

#486D8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.066 H 245.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486D8D
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 141)
HSL	hsl(208, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(208, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 22.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.57, -3.82, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.57, 21.95, 259.99°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% -0.0273 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.066 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.9472, 14.2372, 27.2599)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486D8D #8D6848

analogous

#488D8B #486D8D #484B8D

triadic

#486D8D #8D486D #6D8D48

tetradic

#486D8D #8B488D #8D6848 #4B8D48

square

#486D8D #8B488D #8D6848 #4B8D48

split-complementary

#486D8D #8D484B #8D8B48

monochromatic

#1F2E3C #334E64 #486D8D #638CAF #8BAAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#486D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#486D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486D8D

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486D8D	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57668C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#297578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.066 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f96ae',
    500: '#486d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486d8d;
$custom-light: #7f96ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.826,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52036,
    "c": 0.0661,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486D8D

secondary

#B09781

accent

#905FC9

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486D8D

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

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