#486AB7#486AB7

#486AB7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.127 H 264.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486AB7
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 183)
HSL	hsl(222, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(222, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 42.1%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.78, 11.92, -44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.78, 46.04, 285.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% -0.0121 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.127 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3708, 15.1033, 46.8431)
Luminance	0.1510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486AB7 #B79548

analogous

#48A1B7 #486AB7 #5E48B7

triadic

#486AB7 #B7486A #6AB748

tetradic

#486AB7 #B748A1 #B79548 #48B75E

square

#486AB7 #B748A1 #B79548 #48B75E

split-complementary

#486AB7 #B75E48 #A1B748

monochromatic

#25375F #37518B #486AB7 #748EC8 #A0B2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#486AB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#486AB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486AB7

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486AB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486AB7	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4872BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3868B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.127 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8594cd',
    500: '#486ab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ab7;
$custom-light: #8594cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.622,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53656,
    "c": 0.12715,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486AB7

secondary

#C6B795

accent

#AC55D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486AB7

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

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