#486A9D#486A9D

#486A9D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.090 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486A9D
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 157)
HSL	hsl(216, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(216, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 32.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.40, 3.13, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.40, 31.54, 275.70°)
OKLab	oklab(52.14% -0.0183 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(52.14% 0.09 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.9102, 14.1190, 33.8840)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486A9D #9D7B48

analogous

#48959D #486A9D #50489D

triadic

#486A9D #9D486A #6A9D48

tetradic

#486A9D #9D4895 #9D7B48 #489D50

square

#486A9D #9D4895 #9D7B48 #489D50

split-complementary

#486A9D #9D5048 #959D48

monochromatic

#223149 #354E73 #486A9D #6889BA #92AACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#486A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#486A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486A9D

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486A9D	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B659C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A757C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.090 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8194ba',
    500: '#486a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486a9d;
$custom-light: #8194ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52144,
    "c": 0.09025,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486A9D

secondary

#B9A588

accent

#9F5BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #486A9D

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

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