#486DD9#486DD9

#486DD9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.171 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486DD9
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 217)
HSL	hsl(225, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(225, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 49.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 21.91, -59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 63.28, 290.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% -0.0099 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.171 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6612, 17.3228, 67.8870)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486DD9 #D9B448

analogous

#48B5D9 #486DD9 #6C48D9

triadic

#486DD9 #D9486D #6DD948

tetradic

#486DD9 #D948B5 #D9B448 #48D96C

square

#486DD9 #D948B5 #D9B448 #48D96C

split-complementary

#486DD9 #D96C48 #B5D948

monochromatic

#1D398A #274DBD #486DD9 #7B95E4 #ADBEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#486DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#486DD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486DD9

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486DD9	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F7BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.171 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a96e5',
    500: '#486dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486dd9;
$custom-light: #8a96e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.69,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56533,
    "c": 0.17061,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486DD9

secondary

#DCCDA1

accent

#BD3FE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F1FC

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486DD9

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

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