#486E7C#486E7C

#486E7C is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.048 H 223.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486E7C
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 124)
HSL	hsl(196, 27%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(196, 42%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.21, -9.50, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.21, 15.30, 231.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% -0.0352 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.048 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8852, 13.9840, 21.1378)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486E7C #7C5648

analogous

#487C70 #486E7C #48547C

triadic

#486E7C #7C486E #6E7C48

tetradic

#486E7C #70487C #7C5648 #547C48

square

#486E7C #70487C #7C5648 #547C48

split-complementary

#486E7C #7C4854 #7C7048

monochromatic

#1B292F #324C55 #486E7C #5F90A2 #86ABB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#486E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#486E7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486E7C

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486E7C	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666C7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E667C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#337272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.048 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e97a2',
    500: '#486e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486e7c;
$custom-light: #7e97a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 26.531,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51529,
    "c": 0.04826,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486E7C

secondary

#A5867B

accent

#7E65C3

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0D0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #486E7C

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

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