#486BC4#486BC4

#486BC4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.144 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486BC4
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 196)
HSL	hsl(223, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(223, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 45.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.81, 15.80, -50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.81, 52.76, 287.43°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% -0.0108 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.144 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8906, 15.8770, 54.3356)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486BC4 #C4A148

analogous

#48A9C4 #486BC4 #6348C4

triadic

#486BC4 #C4486B #6BC448

tetradic

#486BC4 #C448A9 #C4A148 #48C463

square

#486BC4 #C448A9 #C4A148 #48C463

split-complementary

#486BC4 #C46348 #A9C448

monochromatic

#23396E #32509C #486BC4 #7690D3 #A5B6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#486BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#486BC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486BC4

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486BC4	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4075C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B6AC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.144 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8794d6',
    500: '#486bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486bc4;
$custom-light: #8794d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.065,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54699,
    "c": 0.14419,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486BC4

secondary

#CFC099

accent

#B34DDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486BC4

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

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