#486E7A#486E7A

#486E7A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.047 H 219.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486E7A
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 122)
HSL	hsl(194, 26%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(194, 41%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 9.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.14, -10.07, -10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.14, 14.84, 227.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.45% -0.0361 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(51.45% 0.047 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7600, 13.9340, 20.4784)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486E7A #7A5448

analogous

#487A6D #486E7A #48557A

triadic

#486E7A #7A486E #6E7A48

tetradic

#486E7A #6D487A #7A5448 #557A48

square

#486E7A #6D487A #7A5448 #557A48

split-complementary

#486E7A #7A4855 #7A6D48

monochromatic

#1B292D #314B54 #486E7A #5F91A0 #85ABB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#486E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#486E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486E7A

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486E7A	1.00	5.55	3.79	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F667A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#347272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.047 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d97a0',
    500: '#486e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486e7a;
$custom-light: #7d97a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 25.773,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51448,
    "c": 0.04688,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486E7A

secondary

#A3847B

accent

#7C66C2

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486E7A

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

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