#486AE6#486AE6

#486AE6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.192 H 268.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486AE6
RGB	rgb(72, 106, 230)
HSL	hsl(227, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(227, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 53.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.76, 28.36, -66.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.76, 72.36, 293.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% -0.0062 -0.1915)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.192 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1045, 17.3968, 77.0406)
Luminance	0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486AE6 #E6C448

analogous

#48B9E6 #486AE6 #7548E6

triadic

#486AE6 #E6486A #6AE648

tetradic

#486AE6 #E648B9 #E6C448 #48E675

square

#486AE6 #E648B9 #E6C448 #48E675

split-complementary

#486AE6 #E67548 #B9E648

monochromatic

#16339E #1D44D4 #486AE6 #7E96ED #B4C2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#486AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#486AE6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486AE6

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486AE6	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 106, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.192 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d94ef',
    500: '#486ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ae6;
$custom-light: #8d94ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.089,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56881,
    "c": 0.19165,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486AE6

secondary

#E4D6A6

accent

#CA35F3

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486AE6

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

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