#486BC5#486BC5

#486BC5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.146 H 265.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486BC5
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 197)
HSL	hsl(223, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(223, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 45.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.87, 16.15, -50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.87, 53.32, 287.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% -0.0106 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.146 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0048, 15.9227, 54.9371)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486BC5 #C5A248

analogous

#48A9C5 #486BC5 #6348C5

triadic

#486BC5 #C5486B #6BC548

tetradic

#486BC5 #C548A9 #C5A248 #48C563

square

#486BC5 #C548A9 #C5A248 #48C563

split-complementary

#486BC5 #C56348 #A9C548

monochromatic

#23396F #32509E #486BC5 #7691D4 #A5B6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#486BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#486BC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486BC5

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486BC5	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F75C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A6AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00808E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.146 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8794d7',
    500: '#486bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486bc5;
$custom-light: #8794d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.2,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54764,
    "c": 0.14559,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486BC5

secondary

#CFC099

accent

#B34CDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486BC5

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

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