#486EC3#486EC3

#486EC3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.139 H 264.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486EC3
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 195)
HSL	hsl(221, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(221, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 43.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 13.57, -48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 50.39, 285.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.27% -0.014 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(55.27% 0.139 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0953, 16.4681, 53.8442)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486EC3 #C39D48

analogous

#48ACC3 #486EC3 #5F48C3

triadic

#486EC3 #C3486E #6EC348

tetradic

#486EC3 #C348AC #C39D48 #48C35F

square

#486EC3 #C348AC #C39D48 #48C35F

split-complementary

#486EC3 #C35F48 #ACC348

monochromatic

#243A6D #33539B #486EC3 #7693D2 #A4B7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#486EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#486EC3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486EC3

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486EC3	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4777C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#336CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00818F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.139 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8697d6',
    500: '#486ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ec3;
$custom-light: #8697d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.463,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55271,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486EC3

secondary

#CEBE99

accent

#AF4EDA

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486EC3

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

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