#486A9C#486A9C

#486A9C is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.089 H 257.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486A9C
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 156)
HSL	hsl(216, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(216, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 32.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.35, 2.81, -30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.35, 31.00, 275.19°)
OKLab	oklab(52.09% -0.0186 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(52.09% 0.089 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8252, 14.0850, 33.4362)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486A9C #9C7A48

analogous

#48949C #486A9C #50489C

triadic

#486A9C #9C486A #6A9C48

tetradic

#486A9C #9C4894 #9C7A48 #489C50

square

#486A9C #9C4894 #9C7A48 #489C50

split-complementary

#486A9C #9C5048 #949C48

monochromatic

#213148 #354E72 #486A9C #6889B9 #92AACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#486A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#486A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486A9C

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486A9C	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C659B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B757C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.089 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8194b9',
    500: '#486a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486a9c;
$custom-light: #8194b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.714,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5209,
    "c": 0.08885,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486A9C

secondary

#B8A587

accent

#9F5BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #486A9C

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

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