#486DC5#486DC5

#486DC5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.143 H 264.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486DC5
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 197)
HSL	hsl(222, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(222, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 44.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 14.90, -49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 52.11, 286.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.19% -0.0126 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(55.19% 0.143 264.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2157, 16.3446, 55.0074)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486DC5 #C5A048

analogous

#48ABC5 #486DC5 #6148C5

triadic

#486DC5 #C5486D #6DC548

tetradic

#486DC5 #C548AB #C5A048 #48C561

square

#486DC5 #C548AB #C5A048 #48C561

split-complementary

#486DC5 #C56148 #ABC548

monochromatic

#233A6F #32529E #486DC5 #7692D4 #A5B7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#486DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#486DC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486DC5

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486DC5	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4377C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F6BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00818F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.143 264.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8796d7',
    500: '#486dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486dc5;
$custom-light: #8796d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.24,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55187,
    "c": 0.14314,
    "h": 264.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486DC5

secondary

#CFBF99

accent

#B14CDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486DC5

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

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