#486E8D#486E8D

#486E8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.065 H 244.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486E8D
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 141)
HSL	hsl(207, 32%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(207, 49%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 22%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, -4.41, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 21.61, 258.22°)
OKLab	oklab(52.28% -0.0286 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(52.28% 0.065 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.0545, 14.4517, 27.2957)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486E8D #8D6748

analogous

#488D8A #486E8D #484C8D

triadic

#486E8D #8D486E #6E8D48

tetradic

#486E8D #8A488D #8D6748 #4C8D48

square

#486E8D #8A488D #8D6748 #4C8D48

split-complementary

#486E8D #8D484C #8D8A48

monochromatic

#1F2F3C #334E64 #486E8D #638DAF #8BABC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#486E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#486E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486E8D

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486E8D	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58678C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#297578

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.065 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f97ae',
    500: '#486e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486e8d;
$custom-light: #7f97ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.957,
    "s": 32.394,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52275,
    "c": 0.06544,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486E8D

secondary

#B09681

accent

#8F5FC9

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F4

border

#C9CCCE

text

#0A0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486E8D

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

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