#486EA6#486EA6

#486EA6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.099 H 257.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486EA6
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 166)
HSL	hsl(216, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(216, 57%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 33.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.02, 3.66, -34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.02, 34.35, 276.11°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% -0.0206 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.099 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1290, 15.2815, 38.2214)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486EA6 #A68048

analogous

#489DA6 #486EA6 #5148A6

triadic

#486EA6 #A6486E #6EA648

tetradic

#486EA6 #A6489D #A68048 #48A651

square

#486EA6 #A6489D #A68048 #48A651

split-complementary

#486EA6 #A65148 #9DA648

monochromatic

#233551 #35527B #486EA6 #6C8EBF #97AFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#486EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#486EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486EA6

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486EA6	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5772A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B69A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#047B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.099 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8297c0',
    500: '#486ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ea6;
$custom-light: #8297c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.745,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53549,
    "c": 0.09856,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486EA6

secondary

#BEAA8C

accent

#9F58CF

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F7

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0D12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #486EA6

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

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