#486E80#486E80

#486E80 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.052 H 229.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486E80
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 128)
HSL	hsl(199, 28%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(199, 44%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, -8.34, -14.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 16.44, 239.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% -0.0336 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.052 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1433, 14.0873, 22.4971)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486E80 #805A48

analogous

#488076 #486E80 #485280

triadic

#486E80 #80486E #6E8048

tetradic

#486E80 #764880 #805A48 #528048

square

#486E80 #764880 #805A48 #528048

split-complementary

#486E80 #804852 #807648

monochromatic

#1C2B32 #324C59 #486E80 #608FA5 #87ABBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#486E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#486E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486E80

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486E80	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#317374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.052 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e97a4',
    500: '#486e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486e80;
$custom-light: #7e97a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 28,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51696,
    "c": 0.05153,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486E80

secondary

#A78A7D

accent

#8363C4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486E80

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

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