#486AB4#486AB4

#486AB4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.123 H 264.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486AB4
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 180)
HSL	hsl(221, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(221, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 41.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.61, 10.89, -43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.61, 44.35, 284.21°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% -0.0127 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.123 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.0619, 14.9797, 45.2161)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486AB4 #B49248

analogous

#48A0B4 #486AB4 #5C48B4

triadic

#486AB4 #B4486A #6AB448

tetradic

#486AB4 #B448A0 #B49248 #48B45C

square

#486AB4 #B448A0 #B49248 #48B45C

split-complementary

#486AB4 #B45C48 #A0B448

monochromatic

#25375D #375088 #486AB4 #728DC7 #9EB0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#486AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#486AB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486AB4

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486AB4	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A71B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B67B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.123 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8494cb',
    500: '#486ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ab4;
$custom-light: #8494cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.111,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53471,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486AB4

secondary

#C5B593

accent

#AB55D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486AB4

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

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