#486ED9#486ED9

#486ED9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.169 H 266.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486ED9
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 217)
HSL	hsl(224, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(224, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 49.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 21.29, -58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 62.67, 289.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% -0.0108 -0.169)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.169 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.7685, 17.5373, 67.9227)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486ED9 #D9B348

analogous

#48B7D9 #486ED9 #6B48D9

triadic

#486ED9 #D9486E #6ED948

tetradic

#486ED9 #D948B7 #D9B348 #48D96B

square

#486ED9 #D948B7 #D9B348 #48D96B

split-complementary

#486ED9 #D96B48 #B7D948

monochromatic

#1D398A #274EBD #486ED9 #7B96E4 #ADBEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#486ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#486ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486ED9

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486ED9	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#327BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.169 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a97e5',
    500: '#486ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ed9;
$custom-light: #8a97e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.276,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56735,
    "c": 0.16939,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486ED9

secondary

#DCCDA1

accent

#BC3FE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486ED9

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

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