#486F9D#486F9D

#486F9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.085 H 253.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486F9D
RGB	rgb(72, 111, 157)
HSL	hsl(212, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(212, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 29.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.88, 0.08, -29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.88, 29.08, 270.15°)
OKLab	oklab(53.3% -0.0244 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(53.3% 0.085 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.4406, 15.1798, 34.0608)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486F9D #9D7648

analogous

#48999D #486F9D #4C489D

triadic

#486F9D #9D486F #6F9D48

tetradic

#486F9D #9D4899 #9D7648 #489D4C

square

#486F9D #9D4899 #9D7648 #489D4C

split-complementary

#486F9D #9D4C48 #999D48

monochromatic

#223449 #355173 #486F9D #688EBA #92ADCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#486F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#486F9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486F9D

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486F9D	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C719F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52699C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 111, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.085 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8198ba',
    500: '#486f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486f9d;
$custom-light: #8198ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.471,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53299,
    "c": 0.08522,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486F9D

secondary

#B9A288

accent

#995BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #486F9D

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

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