#486BB4#486BB4

#486BB4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.122 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486BB4
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 180)
HSL	hsl(221, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(221, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 40.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.89, 10.26, -42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.89, 43.77, 283.56°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% -0.0138 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.122 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1656, 15.1870, 45.2507)
Luminance	0.1519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486BB4 #B49148

analogous

#48A1B4 #486BB4 #5B48B4

triadic

#486BB4 #B4486B #6BB448

tetradic

#486BB4 #B448A1 #B49148 #48B45B

square

#486BB4 #B448A1 #B49148 #48B45B

split-complementary

#486BB4 #B45B48 #A1B448

monochromatic

#25375D #375188 #486BB4 #728EC7 #9EB1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#486BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#486BB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486BB4

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486BB4	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B72B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D68B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.122 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8495cb',
    500: '#486bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486bb4;
$custom-light: #8495cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.556,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53689,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486BB4

secondary

#C5B593

accent

#AA55D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486BB4

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

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