#486BC3#486BC3

#486BC3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.143 H 265.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486BC3
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 195)
HSL	hsl(223, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(223, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 45.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 15.46, -49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 52.20, 287.22°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% -0.0109 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.143 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7771, 15.8316, 53.7382)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486BC3 #C3A048

analogous

#48A8C3 #486BC3 #6348C3

triadic

#486BC3 #C3486B #6BC348

tetradic

#486BC3 #C348A8 #C3A048 #48C363

square

#486BC3 #C348A8 #C3A048 #48C363

split-complementary

#486BC3 #C36348 #A8C348

monochromatic

#24396D #33509B #486BC3 #7690D2 #A4B6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#486BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#486BC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486BC3

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486BC3	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4175C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6AC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.143 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8694d6',
    500: '#486bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486bc3;
$custom-light: #8694d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.927,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54634,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486BC3

secondary

#CEBF99

accent

#B24EDA

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486BC3

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

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