#486B9C#486B9C

#486B9C is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.088 H 256.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486B9C
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 156)
HSL	hsl(215, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(215, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 31.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, 2.19, -30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 30.49, 274.12°)
OKLab	oklab(52.32% -0.0198 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(52.32% 0.088 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9289, 14.2923, 33.4707)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486B9C #9C7948

analogous

#48959C #486B9C #4F489C

triadic

#486B9C #9C486B #6B9C48

tetradic

#486B9C #9C4895 #9C7948 #489C4F

square

#486B9C #9C4895 #9C7948 #489C4F

split-complementary

#486B9C #9C4F48 #959C48

monochromatic

#213248 #354E72 #486B9C #688AB9 #92AACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#486B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#486B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486B9C

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486B9C	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D669B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B767C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.088 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8195b9',
    500: '#486b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486b9c;
$custom-light: #8195b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5232,
    "c": 0.0878,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486B9C

secondary

#B8A487

accent

#9D5BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #486B9C

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

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