#486BD9#486BD9

#486BD9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.173 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486BD9
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 217)
HSL	hsl(226, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(226, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 50.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 23.17, -60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 64.53, 291.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% -0.0081 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.173 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4502, 16.9009, 67.8167)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486BD9 #D9B648

analogous

#48B4D9 #486BD9 #6E48D9

triadic

#486BD9 #D9486B #6BD948

tetradic

#486BD9 #D948B4 #D9B648 #48D96E

square

#486BD9 #D948B4 #D9B648 #48D96E

split-complementary

#486BD9 #D96E48 #B4D948

monochromatic

#1D378A #274BBD #486BD9 #7B94E4 #ADBDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#486BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#486BD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486BD9

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486BD9	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2979DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.173 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a94e5',
    500: '#486bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486bd9;
$custom-light: #8a94e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.517,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56131,
    "c": 0.17305,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486BD9

secondary

#DCCEA1

accent

#C03FE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486BD9

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

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