#486BD8#486BD8

#486BD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.172 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486BD8
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 216)
HSL	hsl(225, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(225, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 50.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 22.82, -59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 63.97, 290.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% -0.0082 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.172 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3206, 16.8490, 67.1337)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486BD8 #D8B548

analogous

#48B3D8 #486BD8 #6D48D8

triadic

#486BD8 #D8486B #6BD848

tetradic

#486BD8 #D848B3 #D8B548 #48D86D

square

#486BD8 #D848B3 #D8B548 #48D86D

split-complementary

#486BD8 #D86D48 #B3D848

monochromatic

#1D3789 #284CBB #486BD8 #7A94E3 #ADBDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#486BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#486BD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486BD8

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486BD8	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B79DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.172 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a94e5',
    500: '#486bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486bd8;
$custom-light: #8a94e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.417,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56061,
    "c": 0.17169,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486BD8

secondary

#DBCDA0

accent

#BF40E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486BD8

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

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