#486EC4#486EC4

#486EC4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.141 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486EC4
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 196)
HSL	hsl(222, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(222, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 43.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, 13.92, -49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 50.95, 285.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.34% -0.0138 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(55.34% 0.141 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2088, 16.5134, 54.4417)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486EC4 #C49E48

analogous

#48ACC4 #486EC4 #6048C4

triadic

#486EC4 #C4486E #6EC448

tetradic

#486EC4 #C448AC #C49E48 #48C460

square

#486EC4 #C448AC #C49E48 #48C460

split-complementary

#486EC4 #C46048 #ACC448

monochromatic

#233A6E #32539C #486EC4 #7693D3 #A5B7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#486EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#486EC4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486EC4

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486EC4	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4677C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#326CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.141 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8797d6',
    500: '#486ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ec4;
$custom-light: #8797d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.613,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55335,
    "c": 0.14054,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486EC4

secondary

#CFBE99

accent

#AF4DDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486EC4

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

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