#486DE3#486DE3

#486DE3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.184 H 267.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486DE3
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 227)
HSL	hsl(226, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(226, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 52%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 25.43, -63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 68.83, 291.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% -0.0089 -0.1838)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.184 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0015, 17.8589, 74.9458)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486DE3 #E3BE48

analogous

#48BBE3 #486DE3 #7048E3

triadic

#486DE3 #E3486D #6DE348

tetradic

#486DE3 #E348BB #E3BE48 #48E370

square

#486DE3 #E348BB #E3BE48 #48E370

split-complementary

#486DE3 #E37048 #BBE348

monochromatic

#173699 #2049CE #486DE3 #7D97EB #B2C2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#486DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#486DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486DE3

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486DE3	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F7DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.184 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c96ed',
    500: '#486de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486de3;
$custom-light: #8c96ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.677,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57245,
    "c": 0.18404,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486DE3

secondary

#E2D3A5

accent

#C438F0

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486DE3

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

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