#486F7E#486F7E

#486F7E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.050 H 224.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486F7E
RGB	rgb(72, 111, 126)
HSL	hsl(197, 27%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(197, 43%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.59, -9.50, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.59, 15.79, 233.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% -0.0357 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.05 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1215, 14.2521, 21.8468)
Luminance	0.1425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486F7E #7E5748

analogous

#487E72 #486F7E #48547E

triadic

#486F7E #7E486F #6F7E48

tetradic

#486F7E #72487E #7E5748 #547E48

square

#486F7E #72487E #7E5748 #547E48

split-complementary

#486F7E #7E4854 #7E7248

monochromatic

#1B2A30 #324D57 #486F7E #5F91A4 #86ACBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#486F7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#486F7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486F7E

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486F7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486F7E	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676D7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E677E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#327474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486f7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 111, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.050 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e98a3',
    500: '#486f7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486f7e;
$custom-light: #7e98a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486f7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51858,
    "c": 0.04983,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486F7E

secondary

#A6887C

accent

#7F64C4

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EEF2F3

border

#C9CCCD

text

#0A0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #486F7E

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

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