#486DB6#486DB6

#486DB6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.122 H 262.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486DB6
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 182)
HSL	hsl(220, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(220, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 40.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, 9.70, -42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 43.72, 282.82°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% -0.0155 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.122 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5817, 15.6910, 46.4017)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486DB6 #B69148

analogous

#48A4B6 #486DB6 #5A48B6

triadic

#486DB6 #B6486D #6DB648

tetradic

#486DB6 #B648A4 #B69148 #48B65A

square

#486DB6 #B648A4 #B69148 #48B65A

split-complementary

#486DB6 #B65A48 #A4B648

monochromatic

#25385E #37538A #486DB6 #7390C8 #9FB3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#486DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#486DB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486DB6

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486DB6	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D74B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.122 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8496cc',
    500: '#486db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486db6;
$custom-light: #8496cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.818,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54248,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486DB6

secondary

#C6B594

accent

#A955D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486DB6

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

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