#486CD3#486CD3

#486CD3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.164 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486CD3
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 211)
HSL	hsl(224, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 48.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 20.43, -57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 60.56, 289.72°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% -0.0096 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.164 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7889, 16.8041, 63.8160)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486CD3 #D3AF48

analogous

#48B2D3 #486CD3 #6948D3

triadic

#486CD3 #D3486C #6CD348

tetradic

#486CD3 #D348B2 #D3AF48 #48D369

square

#486CD3 #D348B2 #D3AF48 #48D369

split-complementary

#486CD3 #D36948 #B2D348

monochromatic

#1F3981 #2B4EB3 #486CD3 #7994DF #ABBBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#486CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#486CD3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486CD3

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486CD3	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3479D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E6CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.164 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8995e1',
    500: '#486cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486cd3;
$custom-light: #8995e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.46,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55914,
    "c": 0.16367,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486CD3

secondary

#D8C99E

accent

#BB43E4

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486CD3

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

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