#486BA4#486BA4

#486BA4 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.099 H 259.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486BA4
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 164)
HSL	hsl(217, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(217, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 34.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 4.84, -34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 34.85, 277.98°)
OKLab	oklab(52.76% -0.0176 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(52.76% 0.099 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.6287, 14.5723, 37.1566)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486BA4 #A48148

analogous

#4899A4 #486BA4 #5348A4

triadic

#486BA4 #A4486B #6BA448

tetradic

#486BA4 #A44899 #A48148 #48A453

square

#486BA4 #A44899 #A48148 #48A453

split-complementary

#486BA4 #A45348 #99A448

monochromatic

#23344F #354F79 #486BA4 #6B8BBE #96ACD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#486BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#486BA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486BA4

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486BA4	1.00	5.36	3.91	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#546FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4967A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C7880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.099 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8295bf',
    500: '#486ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ba4;
$custom-light: #8295bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.174,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52756,
    "c": 0.09904,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486BA4

secondary

#BDAA8B

accent

#A259CF

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F7

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #486BA4

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

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