#486AD9#486AD9

#486AD9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.174 H 267.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486AD9
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 217)
HSL	hsl(226, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(226, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 51.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 23.79, -60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 65.15, 291.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% -0.0072 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.174 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3466, 16.6936, 67.7821)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486AD9 #D9B748

analogous

#48B3D9 #486AD9 #6F48D9

triadic

#486AD9 #D9486A #6AD948

tetradic

#486AD9 #D948B3 #D9B748 #48D96F

square

#486AD9 #D948B3 #D9B748 #48D96F

split-complementary

#486AD9 #D96F48 #B3D948

monochromatic

#1D368A #274ABD #486AD9 #7B93E4 #ADBDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#486AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#486AD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486AD9

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486AD9	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2679DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.174 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a94e5',
    500: '#486ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ad9;
$custom-light: #8a94e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.931,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55932,
    "c": 0.17428,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486AD9

secondary

#DCCEA1

accent

#C13FE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486AD9

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

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