#486EDE#486EDE

#486EDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.176 H 266.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486EDE
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 222)
HSL	hsl(225, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(225, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 50.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.25, 23.05, -61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.25, 65.44, 290.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% -0.0102 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.176 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4287, 17.8014, 71.3998)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486EDE #DEB848

analogous

#48B9DE #486EDE #6D48DE

triadic

#486EDE #DE486E #6EDE48

tetradic

#486EDE #DE48B9 #DEB848 #48DE6D

square

#486EDE #DE48B9 #DEB848 #48DE6D

split-complementary

#486EDE #DE6D48 #B9DE48

monochromatic

#1A3891 #244DC5 #486EDE #7C97E7 #B0C0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#486EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#486EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486EDE

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486EDE	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B7CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.176 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b97e9',
    500: '#486ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ede;
$custom-light: #8b97e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57086,
    "c": 0.17614,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486EDE

secondary

#DFD0A3

accent

#BF3CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486EDE

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

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