#486ECC#486ECC

#486ECC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.152 H 265.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486ECC
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 204)
HSL	hsl(223, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(223, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 46.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 16.72, -52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 55.42, 287.56°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% -0.0125 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.152 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1437, 16.8874, 59.3658)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486ECC #CCA648

analogous

#48B0CC #486ECC #6448CC

triadic

#486ECC #CC486E #6ECC48

tetradic

#486ECC #CC48B0 #CCA648 #48CC64

square

#486ECC #CC48B0 #CCA648 #48CC64

split-complementary

#486ECC #CC6448 #B0CC48

monochromatic

#213A78 #2F52A8 #486ECC #7894D9 #A8BAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#486ECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#486ECC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486ECC

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486ECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486ECC	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F79D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#276DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.152 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8897dc',
    500: '#486ecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ecc;
$custom-light: #8897dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.727,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55855,
    "c": 0.15162,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486ECC

secondary

#D4C49C

accent

#B448E0

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486ECC

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

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