#486E7B#486E7B

#486E7B is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.048 H 221.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486E7B
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 123)
HSL	hsl(195, 26%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(195, 41%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.17, -9.78, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.17, 15.06, 229.49°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% -0.0356 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.048 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8223, 13.9589, 20.8064)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486E7B #7B5548

analogous

#487B6E #486E7B #48547B

triadic

#486E7B #7B486E #6E7B48

tetradic

#486E7B #6E487B #7B5548 #547B48

square

#486E7B #6E487B #7B5548 #547B48

split-complementary

#486E7B #7B4854 #7B6E48

monochromatic

#1B292E #314B54 #486E7B #5F90A1 #86ABB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#486E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#486E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486E7B

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486E7B	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666C7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E667B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#347272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.048 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d97a1',
    500: '#486e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486e7b;
$custom-light: #7d97a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 26.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51489,
    "c": 0.04754,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486E7B

secondary

#A4857B

accent

#7D65C3

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0D0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486E7B

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

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