#486CA1#486CA1

#486CA1 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.094 H 257.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486CA1
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 161)
HSL	hsl(216, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(216, 55%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 32.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.19, 3.22, -32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.19, 32.68, 275.66°)
OKLab	oklab(52.82% -0.0196 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(52.82% 0.094 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4659, 14.6749, 35.7815)
Luminance	0.1468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486CA1 #A17D48

analogous

#4898A1 #486CA1 #5048A1

triadic

#486CA1 #A1486C #6CA148

tetradic

#486CA1 #A14898 #A17D48 #48A150

square

#486CA1 #A14898 #A17D48 #48A150

split-complementary

#486CA1 #A15048 #98A148

monochromatic

#22334C #355077 #486CA1 #6A8BBC #94ACCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#486CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#486CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486CA1

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486CA1	1.00	5.34	3.94	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5770A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C67A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12787F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.094 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8195bd',
    500: '#486ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ca1;
$custom-light: #8195bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.73,
    "s": 38.197,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52819,
    "c": 0.09373,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486CA1

secondary

#BBA78A

accent

#9F5ACE

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #486CA1

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

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