#486CA2#486CA2

#486CA2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.095 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486CA2
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 162)
HSL	hsl(216, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(216, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 33.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 3.56, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 33.23, 276.14°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% -0.0193 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.095 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.5544, 14.7103, 36.2478)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486CA2 #A27E48

analogous

#4899A2 #486CA2 #5148A2

triadic

#486CA2 #A2486C #6CA248

tetradic

#486CA2 #A24899 #A27E48 #48A251

square

#486CA2 #A24899 #A27E48 #48A251

split-complementary

#486CA2 #A25148 #99A248

monochromatic

#22344D #355078 #486CA2 #6A8BBD #95ACD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#486CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#486CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486CA2

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486CA2	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5670A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B67A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10787F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.095 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8195be',
    500: '#486ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ca2;
$custom-light: #8195be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52873,
    "c": 0.09512,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486CA2

secondary

#BCA88A

accent

#A059CE

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF1F6

border

#CACBD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #486CA2

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

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