#486BB6#486BB6

#486BB6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.125 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486BB6
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 182)
HSL	hsl(221, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(221, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 41.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.00, 10.95, -43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.00, 44.89, 284.12°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% -0.0133 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.125 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3708, 15.2691, 46.3314)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486BB6 #B69348

analogous

#48A2B6 #486BB6 #5C48B6

triadic

#486BB6 #B6486B #6BB648

tetradic

#486BB6 #B648A2 #B69348 #48B65C

square

#486BB6 #B648A2 #B69348 #48B65C

split-complementary

#486BB6 #B65C48 #A2B648

monochromatic

#25375E #37518A #486BB6 #738EC8 #9FB2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#486BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#486BB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486BB6

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486BB6	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A72B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B68B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.125 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8495cc',
    500: '#486bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486bb6;
$custom-light: #8495cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.909,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53811,
    "c": 0.12453,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486BB6

secondary

#C6B694

accent

#AB55D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486BB6

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

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