#486EC9#486EC9

#486EC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.147 H 265.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486EC9
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 201)
HSL	hsl(222, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(222, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 45.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 15.67, -51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 53.75, 286.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% -0.013 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.147 265)
XYZ	xyz(18.7874, 16.7449, 57.4890)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486EC9 #C9A348

analogous

#48AEC9 #486EC9 #6248C9

triadic

#486EC9 #C9486E #6EC948

tetradic

#486EC9 #C948AE #C9A348 #48C962

square

#486EC9 #C948AE #C9A348 #48C962

split-complementary

#486EC9 #C96248 #AEC948

monochromatic

#223A74 #3052A4 #486EC9 #7793D7 #A7B9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#486EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#486EC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486EC9

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486EC9	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4278CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C6CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.147 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8797da',
    500: '#486ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ec9;
$custom-light: #8797da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.326,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55658,
    "c": 0.14747,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.16747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486EC9

secondary

#D2C29B

accent

#B24ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486EC9

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

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