#486EB9#486EB9

#486EB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.125 H 262.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486EB9
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 185)
HSL	hsl(220, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(220, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 40.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, 10.11, -43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 44.82, 283.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.65% -0.016 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(54.65% 0.125 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0023, 16.0309, 48.0878)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486EB9 #B99348

analogous

#48A6B9 #486EB9 #5A48B9

triadic

#486EB9 #B9486E #6EB948

tetradic

#486EB9 #B948A6 #B99348 #48B95A

square

#486EB9 #B948A6 #B99348 #48B95A

split-complementary

#486EB9 #B95A48 #A6B948

monochromatic

#253961 #36548E #486EB9 #7491CA #A1B4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#486EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#486EB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486EB9

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486EB9	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D75BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6BB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.125 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8597ce',
    500: '#486eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486eb9;
$custom-light: #8597ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.823,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54649,
    "c": 0.12517,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486EB9

secondary

#C8B795

accent

#A953D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486EB9

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

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