#486E83#486E83

#486E83 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.054 H 233.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486E83
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 131)
HSL	hsl(201, 29%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(201, 45%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 16%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.47, -7.45, -15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.47, 17.46, 244.75°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% -0.0324 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.054 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.3437, 14.1674, 23.5525)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486E83 #835D48

analogous

#48837B #486E83 #485183

triadic

#486E83 #83486E #6E8348

tetradic

#486E83 #7B4883 #835D48 #518348

square

#486E83 #7B4883 #835D48 #518348

split-complementary

#486E83 #834851 #837B48

monochromatic

#1D2C34 #324D5C #486E83 #608EA8 #88AABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#486E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#486E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486E83

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486E83	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646D84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F7475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.054 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e97a7',
    500: '#486e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486e83;
$custom-light: #7e97a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.356,
    "s": 29.064,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51824,
    "c": 0.05435,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486E83

secondary

#A98D7E

accent

#8662C5

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486E83

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

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