#486CE3#486CE3

#486CE3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.185 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486CE3
RGB	rgb(72, 108, 227)
HSL	hsl(226, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(226, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 52.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.06, 26.06, -64.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.06, 69.45, 292.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% -0.008 -0.1851)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.185 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8954, 17.6467, 74.9104)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486CE3 #E3BF48

analogous

#48B9E3 #486CE3 #7148E3

triadic

#486CE3 #E3486C #6CE348

tetradic

#486CE3 #E348B9 #E3BF48 #48E371

square

#486CE3 #E348B9 #E3BF48 #48E371

split-complementary

#486CE3 #E37148 #B9E348

monochromatic

#173699 #2048CE #486CE3 #7D97EB #B2C1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#486CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#486CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486CE3

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486CE3	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A7CE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 108, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.185 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c95ed',
    500: '#486ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ce3;
$custom-light: #8c95ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.065,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57048,
    "c": 0.18525,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486CE3

secondary

#E2D4A5

accent

#C538F0

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486CE3

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

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