#486E82#486E82

#486E82 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.053 H 232.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486E82
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 130)
HSL	hsl(201, 29%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(201, 45%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 15.4%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.43, -7.75, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.43, 17.11, 243.08°)
OKLab	oklab(51.78% -0.0328 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(51.78% 0.053 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.2763, 14.1405, 23.1973)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486E82 #825C48

analogous

#488279 #486E82 #485182

triadic

#486E82 #82486E #6E8248

tetradic

#486E82 #794882 #825C48 #518248

square

#486E82 #794882 #825C48 #518248

split-complementary

#486E82 #824851 #827948

monochromatic

#1C2B33 #324D5B #486E82 #608FA7 #88AABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#486E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#486E82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486E82

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486E82	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646D83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#307374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.053 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e97a6',
    500: '#486e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486e82;
$custom-light: #7e97a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 28.713,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51781,
    "c": 0.05338,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486E82

secondary

#A98C7D

accent

#8563C5

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486E82

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

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