#486ECB#486ECB

#486ECB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.150 H 265.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486ECB
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 203)
HSL	hsl(223, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(223, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 45.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 16.37, -52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 54.86, 287.36°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% -0.0127 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.15 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0242, 16.8396, 58.7361)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486ECB #CBA548

analogous

#48B0CB #486ECB #6448CB

triadic

#486ECB #CB486E #6ECB48

tetradic

#486ECB #CB48B0 #CBA548 #48CB64

square

#486ECB #CB48B0 #CBA548 #48CB64

split-complementary

#486ECB #CB6448 #B0CB48

monochromatic

#223A77 #2F52A6 #486ECB #7894D9 #A7BAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#486ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#486ECB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486ECB

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486ECB	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4078CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#296CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.150 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8897db',
    500: '#486ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ecb;
$custom-light: #8897db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.595,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55789,
    "c": 0.15024,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486ECB

secondary

#D3C39B

accent

#B349DF

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486ECB

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

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