#486DB9#486DB9

#486DB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.126 H 263.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486DB9
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 185)
HSL	hsl(220, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(220, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 41.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.73, 10.73, -44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.73, 45.40, 283.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.43% -0.0149 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(54.43% 0.126 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8951, 15.8163, 48.0520)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486DB9 #B99448

analogous

#48A5B9 #486DB9 #5B48B9

triadic

#486DB9 #B9486D #6DB948

tetradic

#486DB9 #B948A5 #B99448 #48B95B

square

#486DB9 #B948A5 #B99448 #48B95B

split-complementary

#486DB9 #B95B48 #A5B948

monochromatic

#253961 #36538E #486DB9 #7490CA #A1B4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#486DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#486DB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486DB9

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486DB9	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C74BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C6AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.126 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8596ce',
    500: '#486db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486db9;
$custom-light: #8596ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.354,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54431,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486DB9

secondary

#C8B795

accent

#AA53D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486DB9

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

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