#486E8A#486E8A

#486E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.062 H 241.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486E8A
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(205, 31%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(205, 48%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, -5.34, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 20.27, 254.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.14% -0.0297 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(52.14% 0.062 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.8343, 14.3636, 26.1360)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486E8A #8A6448

analogous

#488A85 #486E8A #484D8A

triadic

#486E8A #8A486E #6E8A48

tetradic

#486E8A #85488A #8A6448 #4D8A48

square

#486E8A #85488A #8A6448 #4D8A48

split-complementary

#486E8A #8A484D #8A8548

monochromatic

#1E2E3A #334E62 #486E8A #628DAD #8AAAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#486E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#486E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486E8A

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486E8A	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#626E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59678A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B7577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.062 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f97ac',
    500: '#486e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486e8a;
$custom-light: #7f97ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.455,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52136,
    "c": 0.06189,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486E8A

secondary

#AE9380

accent

#8C60C8

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486E8A

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

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