#486CB6#486CB6

#486CB6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.123 H 263.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486CB6
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 182)
HSL	hsl(220, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(220, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 40.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, 10.32, -43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 44.30, 283.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.03% -0.0144 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(54.03% 0.123 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4756, 15.4788, 46.3664)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486CB6 #B69248

analogous

#48A3B6 #486CB6 #5B48B6

triadic

#486CB6 #B6486C #6CB648

tetradic

#486CB6 #B648A3 #B69248 #48B65B

square

#486CB6 #B648A3 #B69248 #48B65B

split-complementary

#486CB6 #B65B48 #A3B648

monochromatic

#25385E #37528A #486CB6 #738FC8 #9FB2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#486CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#486CB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486CB6

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486CB6	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C73B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D69B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.123 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8495cc',
    500: '#486cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486cb6;
$custom-light: #8495cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.364,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5403,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486CB6

secondary

#C6B594

accent

#AA55D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486CB6

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

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