#486AD6#486AD6

#486AD6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.170 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486AD6
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 214)
HSL	hsl(226, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(226, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 50.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 22.74, -59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 63.47, 290.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% -0.0075 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.17 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9599, 16.5389, 65.7457)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486AD6 #D6B448

analogous

#48B1D6 #486AD6 #6D48D6

triadic

#486AD6 #D6486A #6AD648

tetradic

#486AD6 #D648B1 #D6B448 #48D66D

square

#486AD6 #D648B1 #D6B448 #48D66D

split-complementary

#486AD6 #D66D48 #B1D648

monochromatic

#1E3786 #294BB8 #486AD6 #7A93E1 #ACBBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#486AD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#486AD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486AD6

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486AD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486AD6	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B78DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.170 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a94e3',
    500: '#486ad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ad6;
$custom-light: #8a94e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.634,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55719,
    "c": 0.17021,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486AD6

secondary

#DACCA0

accent

#BF41E6

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486AD6

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

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