#486ECE#486ECE

#486ECE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.154 H 265.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486ECE
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 206)
HSL	hsl(223, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(223, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 46.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 17.42, -53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 56.54, 287.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% -0.0122 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.154 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3851, 16.9840, 60.6372)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486ECE #CEA848

analogous

#48B1CE #486ECE #6548CE

triadic

#486ECE #CE486E #6ECE48

tetradic

#486ECE #CE48B1 #CEA848 #48CE65

square

#486ECE #CE48B1 #CEA848 #48CE65

split-complementary

#486ECE #CE6548 #B1CE48

monochromatic

#213A7B #2E51AB #486ECE #7894DB #A9BBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#486ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#486ECE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486ECE

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486ECE	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E79D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#246DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.154 265.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8897dd',
    500: '#486ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ece;
$custom-light: #8897dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.985,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55987,
    "c": 0.15437,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486ECE

secondary

#D5C59D

accent

#B547E1

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486ECE

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

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