#486DD3#486DD3

#486DD3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.162 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486DD3
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 211)
HSL	hsl(224, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 48.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.28, 19.80, -56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.28, 59.94, 289.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% -0.0106 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.162 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8949, 17.0163, 63.8514)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486DD3 #D3AE48

analogous

#48B2D3 #486DD3 #6948D3

triadic

#486DD3 #D3486D #6DD348

tetradic

#486DD3 #D348B2 #D3AE48 #48D369

square

#486DD3 #D348B2 #D3AE48 #48D369

split-complementary

#486DD3 #D36948 #B2D348

monochromatic

#1F3981 #2B4FB3 #486DD3 #7994DF #ABBCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#486DD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#486DD3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486DD3

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486DD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486DD3	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3679D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#146DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486dd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.162 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8996e1',
    500: '#486dd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486dd3;
$custom-light: #8996e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486dd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.029,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56118,
    "c": 0.16244,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486DD3

secondary

#D8C99E

accent

#BA43E4

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F1FB

border

#CBCBD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486DD3

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

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