#486CB1#486CB1

#486CB1 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.116 H 262.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486CB1
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 177)
HSL	hsl(219, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(219, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 39%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, 8.61, -40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 41.51, 281.97°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% -0.0155 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.116 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.9681, 15.2758, 43.6935)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486CB1 #B18D48

analogous

#48A1B1 #486CB1 #5948B1

triadic

#486CB1 #B1486C #6CB148

tetradic

#486CB1 #B148A1 #B18D48 #48B159

square

#486CB1 #B148A1 #B18D48 #48B159

split-complementary

#486CB1 #B15948 #A1B148

monochromatic

#25375A #365185 #486CB1 #718EC5 #9CB1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#486CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#486CB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486CB1

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486CB1	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F72B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4169B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.116 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8495c8',
    500: '#486cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486cb1;
$custom-light: #8495c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.429,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53729,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486CB1

secondary

#C3B291

accent

#A756D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0B0D13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486CB1

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

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