#486CB4#486CB4

#486CB4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.121 H 262.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486CB4
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 180)
HSL	hsl(220, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(220, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 40%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.17, 9.64, -42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.17, 43.18, 282.90°)
OKLab	oklab(53.91% -0.0149 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(53.91% 0.121 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.2704, 15.3967, 45.2856)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486CB4 #B49048

analogous

#48A2B4 #486CB4 #5A48B4

triadic

#486CB4 #B4486C #6CB448

tetradic

#486CB4 #B448A2 #B49048 #48B45A

square

#486CB4 #B448A2 #B49048 #48B45A

split-complementary

#486CB4 #B45A48 #A2B448

monochromatic

#25385D #375288 #486CB4 #728FC7 #9EB2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#486CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#486CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486CB4

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486CB4	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D73B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E69B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.121 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8495cb',
    500: '#486cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486cb4;
$custom-light: #8495cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53908,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486CB4

secondary

#C5B493

accent

#A955D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486CB4

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

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