#486CB9#486CB9

#486CB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.128 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486CB9
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 185)
HSL	hsl(221, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(221, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 41.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 11.36, -44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 45.98, 284.30°)
OKLab	oklab(54.21% -0.0138 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(54.21% 0.128 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7890, 15.6042, 48.0167)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486CB9 #B99548

analogous

#48A4B9 #486CB9 #5C48B9

triadic

#486CB9 #B9486C #6CB948

tetradic

#486CB9 #B948A4 #B99548 #48B95C

square

#486CB9 #B948A4 #B99548 #48B95C

split-complementary

#486CB9 #B95C48 #A4B948

monochromatic

#253861 #36528E #486CB9 #7490CA #A1B3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#486CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#486CB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486CB9

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486CB9	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A74BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A69B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.128 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8595ce',
    500: '#486cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486cb9;
$custom-light: #8595ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.885,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54213,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486CB9

secondary

#C8B895

accent

#AB53D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486CB9

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

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