#486BB9#486BB9

#486BB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.129 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486BB9
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 185)
HSL	hsl(221, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(221, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 42.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.17, 11.98, -45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.17, 46.57, 284.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54% -0.0127 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(54% 0.129 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6841, 15.3944, 47.9817)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486BB9 #B99648

analogous

#48A3B9 #486BB9 #5D48B9

triadic

#486BB9 #B9486B #6BB948

tetradic

#486BB9 #B948A3 #B99648 #48B95D

square

#486BB9 #B948A3 #B99648 #48B95D

split-complementary

#486BB9 #B95D48 #A3B948

monochromatic

#253861 #36518E #486BB9 #748FCA #A1B3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#486BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#486BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486BB9

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486BB9	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4873BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3869B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.129 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8594ce',
    500: '#486bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486bb9;
$custom-light: #8594ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.416,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53997,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486BB9

secondary

#C8B895

accent

#AC53D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486BB9

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

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