#486DE6#486DE6

#486DE6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.188 H 267.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486DE6
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 230)
HSL	hsl(226, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(226, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 52.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 26.49, -65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 70.49, 292.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% -0.0086 -0.1878)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.188 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4191, 18.0259, 77.1454)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486DE6 #E6C148

analogous

#48BCE6 #486DE6 #7248E6

triadic

#486DE6 #E6486D #6DE648

tetradic

#486DE6 #E648BC #E6C148 #48E672

square

#486DE6 #E648BC #E6C148 #48E672

split-complementary

#486DE6 #E67248 #BCE648

monochromatic

#16369E #1D48D4 #486DE6 #7E98ED #B4C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#486DE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#486DE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #486DE6

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486DE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##486DE6	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#177DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486de6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.188 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d96ef',
    500: '#486de6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486de6;
$custom-light: #8d96ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486de6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.949,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57463,
    "c": 0.18803,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486DE6

secondary

#E4D5A6

accent

#C635F3

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486DE6

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

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