#486DC8#486DC8

#486DC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.147 H 265.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486DC8
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 200)
HSL	hsl(223, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(223, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 45.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 15.95, -51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 53.79, 287.24°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% -0.0121 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.147 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5628, 16.4834, 56.8358)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486DC8 #C8A348

analogous

#48ADC8 #486DC8 #6348C8

triadic

#486DC8 #C8486D #6DC848

tetradic

#486DC8 #C848AD #C8A348 #48C863

square

#486DC8 #C848AD #C8A348 #48C863

split-complementary

#486DC8 #C86348 #ADC848

monochromatic

#233A73 #3151A2 #486DC8 #7793D6 #A6B8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#486DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#486DC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486DC8

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486DC8	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4177CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B6BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.147 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8796d9',
    500: '#486dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486dc8;
$custom-light: #8796d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.656,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55382,
    "c": 0.14731,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486DC8

secondary

#D1C29A

accent

#B34BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FA

border

#CBCBD3

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486DC8

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

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