#486EC6#486EC6

#486EC6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.143 H 264.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486EC6
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 198)
HSL	hsl(222, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(222, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 44.4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 14.62, -49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 52.07, 286.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.46% -0.0135 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(55.46% 0.143 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4379, 16.6051, 55.6486)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486EC6 #C6A048

analogous

#48ADC6 #486EC6 #6148C6

triadic

#486EC6 #C6486E #6EC648

tetradic

#486EC6 #C648AD #C6A048 #48C661

square

#486EC6 #C648AD #C6A048 #48C661

split-complementary

#486EC6 #C66148 #ADC648

monochromatic

#233A71 #32539F #486EC6 #7793D5 #A5B8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#486EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#486EC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486EC6

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486EC6	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4477C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#306CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.143 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8797d8',
    500: '#486ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ec6;
$custom-light: #8797d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.905,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55463,
    "c": 0.14331,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486EC6

secondary

#D0C09A

accent

#B04CDC

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486EC6

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

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