#486EC8#486EC8

#486EC8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.146 H 264.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486EC8
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 200)
HSL	hsl(222, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(222, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 45%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, 15.32, -50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 53.19, 286.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% -0.0131 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.146 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6701, 16.6980, 56.8715)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486EC8 #C8A248

analogous

#48AEC8 #486EC8 #6248C8

triadic

#486EC8 #C8486E #6EC848

tetradic

#486EC8 #C848AE #C8A248 #48C862

square

#486EC8 #C848AE #C8A248 #48C862

split-complementary

#486EC8 #C86248 #AEC848

monochromatic

#233A73 #3152A2 #486EC8 #7793D6 #A6B9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#486EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#486EC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486EC8

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486EC8	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4378CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.146 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8797d9',
    500: '#486ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ec8;
$custom-light: #8797d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.188,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55593,
    "c": 0.14609,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486EC8

secondary

#D1C19A

accent

#B24BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486EC8

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

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