#486E85#486E85

#486E85 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.056 H 235.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486E85
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 133)
HSL	hsl(203, 30%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(203, 46%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 17.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.55, -6.85, -16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.55, 18.21, 247.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.91% -0.0316 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(51.91% 0.056 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4806, 14.2222, 24.2732)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486E85 #855F48

analogous

#48857D #486E85 #484F85

triadic

#486E85 #85486E #6E8548

tetradic

#486E85 #7D4885 #855F48 #4F8548

square

#486E85 #7D4885 #855F48 #4F8548

split-complementary

#486E85 #85484F #857D48

monochromatic

#1D2C36 #334D5D #486E85 #618EA9 #89AABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#486E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#486E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486E85

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486E85	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636D86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E7475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.056 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e97a8',
    500: '#486e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486e85;
$custom-light: #7e97a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.623,
    "s": 29.756,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51912,
    "c": 0.05638,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486E85

secondary

#AB8F7E

accent

#8862C6

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486E85

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

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