#486BA1#486BA1

#486BA1 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.095 H 258.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486BA1
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 161)
HSL	hsl(216, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(216, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 33.5%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, 3.84, -32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 33.21, 276.64°)
OKLab	oklab(52.59% -0.0184 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(52.59% 0.095 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3610, 14.4652, 35.7466)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486BA1 #A17E48

analogous

#4897A1 #486BA1 #5148A1

triadic

#486BA1 #A1486B #6BA148

tetradic

#486BA1 #A14897 #A17E48 #48A151

square

#486BA1 #A14897 #A17E48 #48A151

split-complementary

#486BA1 #A15148 #97A148

monochromatic

#22334C #354F77 #486BA1 #6A8ABC #94ABCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#486BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#486BA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486BA1

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486BA1	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A66A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13777E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.095 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8195bd',
    500: '#486ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ba1;
$custom-light: #8195bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.404,
    "s": 38.197,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5259,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486BA1

secondary

#BBA88A

accent

#A05ACE

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #486BA1

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

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