#486AE2#486AE2

#486AE2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.186 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486AE2
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 226)
HSL	hsl(227, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(227, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 53.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 26.96, -64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 70.15, 292.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% -0.0064 -0.1862)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.186 268)
XYZ	xyz(21.5493, 17.1747, 74.1161)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486AE2 #E2C048

analogous

#48B7E2 #486AE2 #7348E2

triadic

#486AE2 #E2486A #6AE248

tetradic

#486AE2 #E248B7 #E2C048 #48E273

square

#486AE2 #E248B7 #E2C048 #48E273

split-complementary

#486AE2 #E27348 #B7E248

monochromatic

#183498 #2046CC #486AE2 #7D95EA #B2C0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#486AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#486AE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486AE2

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486AE2	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#117AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00879C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.186 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c94ec',
    500: '#486ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ae2;
$custom-light: #8c94ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.753,
    "s": 72.642,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56584,
    "c": 0.18634,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.17177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486AE2

secondary

#E1D4A4

accent

#C738EF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486AE2

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

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