#486DC4#486DC4

#486DC4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.142 H 264.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486DC4
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 196)
HSL	hsl(222, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(222, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 44.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, 14.55, -49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 51.55, 286.39°)
OKLab	oklab(55.12% -0.0128 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(55.12% 0.142 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1015, 16.2989, 54.4059)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486DC4 #C49F48

analogous

#48ABC4 #486DC4 #6148C4

triadic

#486DC4 #C4486D #6DC448

tetradic

#486DC4 #C448AB #C49F48 #48C461

square

#486DC4 #C448AB #C49F48 #48C461

split-complementary

#486DC4 #C46148 #ABC448

monochromatic

#233A6E #32529C #486DC4 #7692D3 #A5B7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#486DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#486DC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486DC4

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486DC4	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4476C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#306BC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00818F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.142 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8796d6',
    500: '#486dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486dc4;
$custom-light: #8796d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.097,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55122,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486DC4

secondary

#CFBF99

accent

#B04DDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486DC4

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

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