#486BA0#486BA0

#486BA0 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.093 H 258.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486BA0
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 160)
HSL	hsl(216, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(216, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 33.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 3.51, -32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 32.66, 276.17°)
OKLab	oklab(52.54% -0.0187 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(52.54% 0.093 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.2732, 14.4301, 35.2840)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486BA0 #A07D48

analogous

#4897A0 #486BA0 #5148A0

triadic

#486BA0 #A0486B #6BA048

tetradic

#486BA0 #A04897 #A07D48 #48A051

square

#486BA0 #A04897 #A07D48 #48A051

split-complementary

#486BA0 #A05148 #97A048

monochromatic

#22334C #354F76 #486BA0 #698ABC #94ABCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#486BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#486BA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486BA0

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486BA0	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B669F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14777E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.093 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8195bc',
    500: '#486ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ba0;
$custom-light: #8195bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.136,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52536,
    "c": 0.0934,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486BA0

secondary

#BBA789

accent

#A05ACE

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #486BA0

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

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