#486BD6#486BD6

#486BD6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.169 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486BD6
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 214)
HSL	hsl(225, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(225, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 50%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 22.11, -58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 62.85, 290.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% -0.0084 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.169 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0636, 16.7462, 65.7803)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486BD6 #D6B348

analogous

#48B2D6 #486BD6 #6C48D6

triadic

#486BD6 #D6486B #6BD648

tetradic

#486BD6 #D648B2 #D6B348 #48D66C

square

#486BD6 #D648B2 #D6B348 #48D66C

split-complementary

#486BD6 #D66C48 #B2D648

monochromatic

#1E3886 #294CB8 #486BD6 #7A93E1 #ACBCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#486BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#486BD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486BD6

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486BD6	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E79DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.169 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a94e3',
    500: '#486bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486bd6;
$custom-light: #8a94e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.211,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5592,
    "c": 0.16899,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486BD6

secondary

#DACCA0

accent

#BE41E6

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486BD6

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

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