#486A9B#486A9B

#486A9B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.087 H 257.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486A9B
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 155)
HSL	hsl(215, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(215, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 31.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, 2.48, -30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 30.46, 274.67°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% -0.0189 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.087 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.7409, 14.0513, 32.9921)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486A9B #9B7948

analogous

#48949B #486A9B #50489B

triadic

#486A9B #9B486A #6A9B48

tetradic

#486A9B #9B4894 #9B7948 #489B50

square

#486A9B #9B4894 #9B7948 #489B50

split-complementary

#486A9B #9B5048 #949B48

monochromatic

#213147 #354D71 #486A9B #6889B9 #91A9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#486A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#486A9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486A9B

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486A9B	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576D9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C659A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C757B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.087 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8194b8',
    500: '#486a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486a9b;
$custom-light: #8194b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.422,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52037,
    "c": 0.08745,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486A9B

secondary

#B8A487

accent

#9E5BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #486A9B

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

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