#486BC6#486BC6

#486BC6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.147 H 265.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486BC6
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 198)
HSL	hsl(223, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(223, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 46%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.93, 16.50, -51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.93, 53.89, 287.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.83% -0.0105 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(54.83% 0.147 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1197, 15.9687, 55.5425)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486BC6 #C6A348

analogous

#48AAC6 #486BC6 #6448C6

triadic

#486BC6 #C6486B #6BC648

tetradic

#486BC6 #C648AA #C6A348 #48C664

square

#486BC6 #C648AA #C6A348 #48C664

split-complementary

#486BC6 #C66448 #AAC648

monochromatic

#233971 #32509F #486BC6 #7791D5 #A5B6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#486BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#486BC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486BC6

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486BC6	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F75C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#286AC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00808F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.147 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8794d8',
    500: '#486bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486bc6;
$custom-light: #8794d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.333,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5483,
    "c": 0.14698,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486BC6

secondary

#D0C19A

accent

#B44CDC

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486BC6

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

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