#486CDE#486CDE

#486CDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.179 H 267.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486CDE
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 222)
HSL	hsl(226, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(226, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 51.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.73, 24.30, -62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.73, 66.68, 291.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% -0.0085 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.179 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2153, 17.3747, 71.3287)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486CDE #DEBA48

analogous

#48B7DE #486CDE #6F48DE

triadic

#486CDE #DE486C #6CDE48

tetradic

#486CDE #DE48B7 #DEBA48 #48DE6F

square

#486CDE #DE48B7 #DEBA48 #48DE6F

split-complementary

#486CDE #DE6F48 #B7DE48

monochromatic

#1A3791 #244AC5 #486CDE #7C96E7 #B0BFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#486CDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#486CDE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486CDE

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486CDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486CDE	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00879B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.179 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b95e9',
    500: '#486cde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486cde;
$custom-light: #8b95e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56687,
    "c": 0.17857,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486CDE

secondary

#DFD1A3

accent

#C23CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486CDE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →