#486DCE#486DCE

#486DCE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.156 H 265.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486DCE
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 206)
HSL	hsl(223, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(223, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 47.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 18.05, -54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 57.15, 288.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% -0.0112 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.156 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2778, 16.7694, 60.6014)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486DCE #CEA948

analogous

#48B0CE #486DCE #6648CE

triadic

#486DCE #CE486D #6DCE48

tetradic

#486DCE #CE48B0 #CEA948 #48CE66

square

#486DCE #CE48B0 #CEA948 #48CE66

split-complementary

#486DCE #CE6648 #B0CE48

monochromatic

#213A7B #2E50AB #486DCE #7894DB #A9BAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#486DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#486DCE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486DCE

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486DCE	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B78D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#206CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.156 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8896dd',
    500: '#486dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486dce;
$custom-light: #8896dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.433,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5578,
    "c": 0.1556,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486DCE

secondary

#D5C69D

accent

#B647E1

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486DCE

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

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