#486D9B#486D9B

#486D9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.084 H 254.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486D9B
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 155)
HSL	hsl(213, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(213, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 29.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.19, 0.64, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.19, 28.98, 271.27°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% -0.0226 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.084 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.0555, 14.6805, 33.0969)
Luminance	0.1468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486D9B #9B7648

analogous

#48979B #486D9B #4D489B

triadic

#486D9B #9B486D #6D9B48

tetradic

#486D9B #9B4897 #9B7648 #489B4D

square

#486D9B #9B4897 #9B7648 #489B4D

split-complementary

#486D9B #9B4D48 #979B48

monochromatic

#213247 #355071 #486D9B #688CB9 #91ACCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#486D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#486D9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486D9B

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486D9B	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50679A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B777D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.084 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8196b8',
    500: '#486d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486d9b;
$custom-light: #8196b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.253,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5273,
    "c": 0.08442,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486D9B

secondary

#B8A287

accent

#9A5BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #486D9B

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

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