#486DE0#486DE0

#486DE0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.180 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486DE0
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 224)
HSL	hsl(225, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(225, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 51.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, 24.38, -62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 67.17, 291.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% -0.0091 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.18 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5910, 17.6947, 72.7841)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486DE0 #E0BB48

analogous

#48B9E0 #486DE0 #6F48E0

triadic

#486DE0 #E0486D #6DE048

tetradic

#486DE0 #E048B9 #E0BB48 #48E06F

square

#486DE0 #E048B9 #E0BB48 #48E06F

split-complementary

#486DE0 #E06F48 #B9E048

monochromatic

#193794 #224BC9 #486DE0 #7C97E9 #B1C1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#486DE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#486DE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486DE0

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486DE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486DE0	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257CE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486de0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.180 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c96ea',
    500: '#486de0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486de0;
$custom-light: #8c96ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486de0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.395,
    "s": 71.028,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57029,
    "c": 0.18003,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486DE0

secondary

#E0D1A4

accent

#C23AEE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486DE0

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

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