#486AE4#486AE4

#486AE4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.189 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486AE4
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 228)
HSL	hsl(227, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(227, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 53.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 27.66, -65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 71.25, 292.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% -0.0063 -0.1889)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.189 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8253, 17.2851, 75.5699)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486AE4 #E4C248

analogous

#48B8E4 #486AE4 #7448E4

triadic

#486AE4 #E4486A #6AE448

tetradic

#486AE4 #E448B8 #E4C248 #48E474

square

#486AE4 #E448B8 #E4C248 #48E474

split-complementary

#486AE4 #E47448 #B8E448

monochromatic

#17349B #1F45D0 #486AE4 #7D95EC #B3C1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#486AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#486AE4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486AE4

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486AE4	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#097BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00879D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.189 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d94ed',
    500: '#486ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ae4;
$custom-light: #8d94ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.923,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56732,
    "c": 0.18901,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486AE4

secondary

#E3D5A5

accent

#C837F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486AE4

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

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