#486AB9#486AB9

#486AB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.130 H 264.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486AB9
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 185)
HSL	hsl(222, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(222, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 42.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.89, 12.61, -45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.89, 47.17, 285.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.78% -0.0117 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(53.78% 0.13 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5805, 15.1871, 47.9472)
Luminance	0.1519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486AB9 #B99748

analogous

#48A2B9 #486AB9 #5E48B9

triadic

#486AB9 #B9486A #6AB948

tetradic

#486AB9 #B948A2 #B99748 #48B95E

square

#486AB9 #B948A2 #B99748 #48B95E

split-complementary

#486AB9 #B95E48 #A2B948

monochromatic

#253761 #36508E #486AB9 #748ECA #A1B2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#486AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#486AB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486AB9

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486AB9	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4772BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3668B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.130 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8594ce',
    500: '#486ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ab9;
$custom-light: #8594ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.947,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53781,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486AB9

secondary

#C8B895

accent

#AE53D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486AB9

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

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