#486AA4#486AA4

#486AA4 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.100 H 260.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486AA4
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 164)
HSL	hsl(218, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(218, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 35.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 5.46, -34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 35.40, 278.87°)
OKLab	oklab(52.53% -0.0164 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(52.53% 0.1 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.5251, 14.3650, 37.1221)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486AA4 #A48248

analogous

#4898A4 #486AA4 #5448A4

triadic

#486AA4 #A4486A #6AA448

tetradic

#486AA4 #A44898 #A48248 #48A454

square

#486AA4 #A44898 #A48248 #48A454

split-complementary

#486AA4 #A45448 #98A448

monochromatic

#23334F #354F79 #486AA4 #6B8ABE #96ABD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#486AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#486AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486AA4

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486AA4	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#536FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4766A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D777F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.100 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8294bf',
    500: '#486aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486aa4;
$custom-light: #8294bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.826,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5253,
    "c": 0.10016,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486AA4

secondary

#BDAA8B

accent

#A359CF

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F7

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #486AA4

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

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