#486BDD#486BDD

#486BDD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.178 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486BDD
RGB	rgb(72, 107, 221)
HSL	hsl(226, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(226, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 51.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 24.57, -62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 66.75, 291.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% -0.0077 -0.1783)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.178 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9768, 17.1115, 70.5900)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486BDD #DDBA48

analogous

#48B6DD #486BDD #6F48DD

triadic

#486BDD #DD486B #6BDD48

tetradic

#486BDD #DD48B6 #DDBA48 #48DD6F

square

#486BDD #DD48B6 #DDBA48 #48DD6F

split-complementary

#486BDD #DD6F48 #B6DD48

monochromatic

#1B3690 #244AC3 #486BDD #7C95E7 #AFBEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#486BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#486BDD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486BDD

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486BDD	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#237AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00869A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 107, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.178 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b94e8',
    500: '#486bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486bdd;
$custom-light: #8b94e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.906,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56417,
    "c": 0.17845,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486BDD

secondary

#DED0A2

accent

#C23CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FD

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486BDD

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

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