#486B9D#486B9D

#486B9D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.089 H 257.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486B9D
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 157)
HSL	hsl(215, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(215, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 31.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.70, 2.52, -30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.70, 31.03, 274.66°)
OKLab	oklab(52.37% -0.0196 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(52.37% 0.089 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.0139, 14.3264, 33.9185)
Luminance	0.1433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486B9D #9D7A48

analogous

#48969D #486B9D #4F489D

triadic

#486B9D #9D486B #6B9D48

tetradic

#486B9D #9D4896 #9D7A48 #489D4F

square

#486B9D #9D4896 #9D7A48 #489D4F

split-complementary

#486B9D #9D4F48 #969D48

monochromatic

#223249 #354E73 #486B9D #688ABA #92ABCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#486B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#486B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486B9D

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486B9D	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D669C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19767D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.089 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8195ba',
    500: '#486b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486b9d;
$custom-light: #8195ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52374,
    "c": 0.0892,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486B9D

secondary

#B9A588

accent

#9E5BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #486B9D

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

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