#486E78#486E78

#486E78 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.046 H 216.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486E78
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 120)
HSL	hsl(193, 25%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(193, 40%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 8.3%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, -10.63, -9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 14.46, 222.69°)
OKLab	oklab(51.37% -0.0369 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(51.37% 0.046 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6374, 13.8849, 19.8325)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486E78 #785248

analogous

#48786A #486E78 #485678

triadic

#486E78 #78486E #6E7848

tetradic

#486E78 #6A4878 #785248 #567848

square

#486E78 #6A4878 #785248 #567848

split-complementary

#486E78 #784856 #786A48

monochromatic

#1A282B #314B52 #486E78 #5F919E #85ABB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#486E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#486E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486E78

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486E78	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676C79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#357271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.046 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d979f',
    500: '#486e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486e78;
$custom-light: #7d979f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51369,
    "c": 0.04568,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486E78

secondary

#A2827A

accent

#7966C1

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486E78

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

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