#486BB1#486BB1

#486BB1 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.117 H 262.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486BB1
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 177)
HSL	hsl(220, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(220, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 39.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.72, 9.23, -41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.72, 42.08, 282.68°)
OKLab	oklab(53.51% -0.0144 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(53.51% 0.117 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.8633, 15.0661, 43.6585)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486BB1 #B18E48

analogous

#48A0B1 #486BB1 #5A48B1

triadic

#486BB1 #B1486B #6BB148

tetradic

#486BB1 #B148A0 #B18E48 #48B15A

square

#486BB1 #B148A0 #B18E48 #48B15A

split-complementary

#486BB1 #B15A48 #A0B148

monochromatic

#25365A #365185 #486BB1 #718DC5 #9CB0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#486BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#486BB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486BB1

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486BB1	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D71B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F68B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.117 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8495c9',
    500: '#486bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486bb1;
$custom-light: #8495c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53508,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486BB1

secondary

#C3B391

accent

#A956D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0B0D13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486BB1

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

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