#486AE3#486AE3

#486AE3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.188 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486AE3
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 227)
HSL	hsl(227, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(227, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 53.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 27.31, -65.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 70.70, 292.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% -0.0064 -0.1876)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.188 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6869, 17.2297, 74.8409)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486AE3 #E3C148

analogous

#48B7E3 #486AE3 #7348E3

triadic

#486AE3 #E3486A #6AE348

tetradic

#486AE3 #E348B7 #E3C148 #48E373

square

#486AE3 #E348B7 #E3C148 #48E373

split-complementary

#486AE3 #E37348 #B7E348

monochromatic

#173499 #2046CE #486AE3 #7D95EB #B2C0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#486AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#486AE3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486AE3

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486AE3	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E7BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00879C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.188 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c94ed',
    500: '#486ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ae3;
$custom-light: #8c94ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.839,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56658,
    "c": 0.18768,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486AE3

secondary

#E2D5A5

accent

#C838F0

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486AE3

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

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