#486CB8#486CB8

#486CB8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.126 H 263.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486CB8
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 184)
HSL	hsl(221, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(221, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 41.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, 11.01, -44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 45.42, 284.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% -0.014 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.126 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6838, 15.5621, 47.4627)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486CB8 #B89448

analogous

#48A4B8 #486CB8 #5C48B8

triadic

#486CB8 #B8486C #6CB848

tetradic

#486CB8 #B848A4 #B89448 #48B85C

square

#486CB8 #B848A4 #B89448 #48B85C

split-complementary

#486CB8 #B85C48 #A4B848

monochromatic

#253860 #36528C #486CB8 #748FC9 #A0B3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#486CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#486CB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486CB8

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486CB8	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B73BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B69B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.126 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8595ce',
    500: '#486cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486cb8;
$custom-light: #8595ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.714,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54152,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486CB8

secondary

#C7B795

accent

#AB54D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486CB8

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

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