#486CD6#486CD6

#486CD6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.168 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486CD6
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 214)
HSL	hsl(225, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(225, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 49.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 21.48, -58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 62.23, 290.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% -0.0093 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.168 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1685, 16.9560, 65.8152)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486CD6 #D6B248

analogous

#48B3D6 #486CD6 #6B48D6

triadic

#486CD6 #D6486C #6CD648

tetradic

#486CD6 #D648B3 #D6B248 #48D66B

square

#486CD6 #D648B3 #D6B248 #48D66B

split-complementary

#486CD6 #D66B48 #B3D648

monochromatic

#1E3886 #294DB8 #486CD6 #7A94E1 #ACBCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#486CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#486CD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486CD6

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486CD6	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3079DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.168 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a95e3',
    500: '#486cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486cd6;
$custom-light: #8a95e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.789,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56122,
    "c": 0.16776,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486CD6

secondary

#DACBA0

accent

#BD41E6

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486CD6

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

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