#486CB5#486CB5

#486CB5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.122 H 263.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486CB5
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 181)
HSL	hsl(220, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(220, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 40.3%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.23, 9.98, -42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.23, 43.74, 283.19°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% -0.0146 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.122 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3727, 15.4376, 45.8241)
Luminance	0.1544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486CB5 #B59148

analogous

#48A3B5 #486CB5 #5A48B5

triadic

#486CB5 #B5486C #6CB548

tetradic

#486CB5 #B548A3 #B59148 #48B55A

square

#486CB5 #B548A3 #B59148 #48B55A

split-complementary

#486CB5 #B55A48 #A3B548

monochromatic

#25385D #375289 #486CB5 #738FC7 #9FB2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#486CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#486CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486CB5

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486CB5	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C73B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E69B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.122 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8495cb',
    500: '#486cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486cb5;
$custom-light: #8495cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.183,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53969,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486CB5

secondary

#C5B593

accent

#A955D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486CB5

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

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