#486DD1#486DD1

#486DD1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.160 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486DD1
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 209)
HSL	hsl(224, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 47.8%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 19.10, -55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 58.83, 288.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% -0.0108 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.16 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6458, 16.9166, 62.5391)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486DD1 #D1AC48

analogous

#48B1D1 #486DD1 #6848D1

triadic

#486DD1 #D1486D #6DD148

tetradic

#486DD1 #D148B1 #D1AC48 #48D168

square

#486DD1 #D148B1 #D1AC48 #48D168

split-complementary

#486DD1 #D16848 #B1D148

monochromatic

#20397F #2C50B0 #486DD1 #7994DD #AABBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#486DD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#486DD1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486DD1

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486DD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486DD1	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3879D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A6CCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486dd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.160 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996e0',
    500: '#486dd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486dd1;
$custom-light: #8996e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486dd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.796,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55982,
    "c": 0.15971,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486DD1

secondary

#D7C89E

accent

#B845E3

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486DD1

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

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