#486CB7#486CB7

#486CB7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.125 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486CB7
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 183)
HSL	hsl(221, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(221, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 41%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.34, 10.67, -43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.34, 44.86, 283.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.09% -0.0142 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(54.09% 0.125 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5793, 15.5203, 46.9126)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486CB7 #B79348

analogous

#48A3B7 #486CB7 #5C48B7

triadic

#486CB7 #B7486C #6CB748

tetradic

#486CB7 #B748A3 #B79348 #48B75C

square

#486CB7 #B748A3 #B79348 #48B75C

split-complementary

#486CB7 #B75C48 #A3B748

monochromatic

#25385F #37528B #486CB7 #748FC8 #A0B3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#486CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#486CB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486CB7

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486CB7	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B73BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C69B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.125 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8495cd',
    500: '#486cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486cb7;
$custom-light: #8495cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.541,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54091,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486CB7

secondary

#C6B695

accent

#AA55D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486CB7

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

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