#486BC9#486BC9

#486BC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.151 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486BC9
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 201)
HSL	hsl(224, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(224, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 46.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 17.55, -52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 55.57, 288.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% -0.01 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.151 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4692, 16.1085, 57.3829)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486BC9 #C9A648

analogous

#48ABC9 #486BC9 #6548C9

triadic

#486BC9 #C9486B #6BC948

tetradic

#486BC9 #C948AB #C9A648 #48C965

square

#486BC9 #C948AB #C9A648 #48C965

split-complementary

#486BC9 #C96548 #ABC948

monochromatic

#223974 #3050A4 #486BC9 #7791D7 #A7B7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#486BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#486BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486BC9

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486BC9	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C76CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#236AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.151 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8894da',
    500: '#486bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486bc9;
$custom-light: #8894da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.721,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55029,
    "c": 0.15114,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486BC9

secondary

#D2C39B

accent

#B64ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486BC9

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

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