#486ACE#486ACE

#486ACE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.159 H 267.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486ACE
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 206)
HSL	hsl(225, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(225, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 48.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, 19.93, -55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 59.00, 289.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.16% -0.0084 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(55.16% 0.159 267)
XYZ	xyz(18.9633, 16.1403, 60.4966)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486ACE #CEAC48

analogous

#48ADCE #486ACE #6948CE

triadic

#486ACE #CE486A #6ACE48

tetradic

#486ACE #CE48AD #CEAC48 #48CE69

square

#486ACE #CE48AD #CEAC48 #48CE69

split-complementary

#486ACE #CE6948 #ADCE48

monochromatic

#21387B #2E4EAB #486ACE #7891DB #A9B9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#486ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#486ACE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486ACE

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486ACE	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3576D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#146ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.159 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8894de',
    500: '#486ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ace;
$custom-light: #8894de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.776,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55161,
    "c": 0.15928,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.16142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486ACE

secondary

#D5C79D

accent

#BA47E1

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486ACE

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

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