#486ED6#486ED6

#486ED6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.165 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486ED6
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 214)
HSL	hsl(224, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 48.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.74, 20.23, -57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.74, 61.00, 289.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% -0.0111 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.165 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3818, 17.3827, 65.8864)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486ED6 #D6B048

analogous

#48B5D6 #486ED6 #6948D6

triadic

#486ED6 #D6486E #6ED648

tetradic

#486ED6 #D648B5 #D6B048 #48D669

square

#486ED6 #D648B5 #D6B048 #48D669

split-complementary

#486ED6 #D66948 #B5D648

monochromatic

#1E3A86 #294FB8 #486ED6 #7A96E1 #ACBDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#486ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#486ED6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486ED6

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486ED6	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#357BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F6ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.165 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a97e3',
    500: '#486ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ed6;
$custom-light: #8a97e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.944,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56528,
    "c": 0.16531,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486ED6

secondary

#DACBA0

accent

#BA41E6

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486ED6

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

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