#486DC0#486DC0

#486DC0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.136 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486DC0
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 192)
HSL	hsl(222, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(222, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 43.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 13.16, -47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 49.31, 285.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% -0.0135 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.136 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6523, 16.1192, 52.0400)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486DC0 #C09B48

analogous

#48A9C0 #486DC0 #5F48C0

triadic

#486DC0 #C0486D #6DC048

tetradic

#486DC0 #C048A9 #C09B48 #48C05F

square

#486DC0 #C048A9 #C09B48 #48C05F

split-complementary

#486DC0 #C05F48 #A9C048

monochromatic

#243A69 #345297 #486DC0 #7691D0 #A3B6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#486DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#486DC0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486DC0

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486DC0	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4776C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#356BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00808D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.136 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8696d3',
    500: '#486dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486dc0;
$custom-light: #8696d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.5,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54867,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486DC0

secondary

#CCBC98

accent

#AE4FD8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486DC0

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

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