#486DC3#486DC3

#486DC3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.140 H 264.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486DC3
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 195)
HSL	hsl(222, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(222, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 44.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.31, 14.20, -48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.31, 50.99, 286.17°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% -0.013 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.14 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9880, 16.2535, 53.8085)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486DC3 #C39E48

analogous

#48ABC3 #486DC3 #6048C3

triadic

#486DC3 #C3486D #6DC348

tetradic

#486DC3 #C348AB #C39E48 #48C360

square

#486DC3 #C348AB #C39E48 #48C360

split-complementary

#486DC3 #C36048 #ABC348

monochromatic

#243A6D #33529B #486DC3 #7692D2 #A4B7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#486DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#486DC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486DC3

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486DC3	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4576C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316BC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00818E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.140 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8696d6',
    500: '#486dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486dc3;
$custom-light: #8696d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.951,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55058,
    "c": 0.14036,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486DC3

secondary

#CEBE99

accent

#B04EDA

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486DC3

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

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