#486ED3#486ED3

#486ED3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.161 H 265.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486ED3
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 211)
HSL	hsl(224, 61%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 47.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 19.18, -56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 59.33, 288.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% -0.0115 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.161 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0022, 17.2308, 63.8872)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486ED3 #D3AD48

analogous

#48B3D3 #486ED3 #6748D3

triadic

#486ED3 #D3486E #6ED348

tetradic

#486ED3 #D348B3 #D3AD48 #48D367

square

#486ED3 #D348B3 #D3AD48 #48D367

split-complementary

#486ED3 #D36748 #B3D348

monochromatic

#1F3A81 #2B50B3 #486ED3 #7995DF #ABBCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#486ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#486ED3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486ED3

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486ED3	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397AD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#196DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.161 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8997e1',
    500: '#486ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ed3;
$custom-light: #8997e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.597,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56324,
    "c": 0.16123,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486ED3

secondary

#D8C99E

accent

#B843E4

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486ED3

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

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