#486DD8#486DD8

#486DD8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.169 H 266.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486DD8
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 216)
HSL	hsl(225, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(225, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 49.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 21.56, -58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 62.73, 290.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% -0.01 -0.169)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.169 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5315, 17.2709, 67.2040)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486DD8 #D8B348

analogous

#48B5D8 #486DD8 #6B48D8

triadic

#486DD8 #D8486D #6DD848

tetradic

#486DD8 #D848B5 #D8B348 #48D86B

square

#486DD8 #D848B5 #D8B348 #48D86B

split-complementary

#486DD8 #D86B48 #B5D848

monochromatic

#1D3989 #284EBB #486DD8 #7A95E3 #ADBDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#486DD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#486DD8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486DD8

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486DD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486DD8	1.00	4.71	4.45	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486dd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.169 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a96e5',
    500: '#486dd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486dd8;
$custom-light: #8a96e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486dd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.583,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56463,
    "c": 0.16925,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486DD8

secondary

#DBCCA0

accent

#BD40E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486DD8

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

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