#486DC6#486DC6

#486DC6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.145 H 265.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486DC6
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 198)
HSL	hsl(222, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(222, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 44.9%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 15.25, -50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 52.67, 286.83°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% -0.0125 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.145 265.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.3306, 16.3905, 55.6128)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486DC6 #C6A148

analogous

#48ACC6 #486DC6 #6248C6

triadic

#486DC6 #C6486D #6DC648

tetradic

#486DC6 #C648AC #C6A148 #48C662

square

#486DC6 #C648AC #C6A148 #48C662

split-complementary

#486DC6 #C66248 #ACC648

monochromatic

#233A71 #32529F #486DC6 #7792D5 #A5B7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#486DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#486DC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486DC6

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486DC6	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4277C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6BC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.145 265.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8796d8',
    500: '#486dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486dc6;
$custom-light: #8796d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.381,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55251,
    "c": 0.14453,
    "h": 265.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486DC6

secondary

#D0C09A

accent

#B24CDC

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486DC6

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

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