#486EE6#486EE6

#486EE6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.187 H 267.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486EE6
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 230)
HSL	hsl(226, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(226, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 52.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.79, 25.86, -64.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.79, 69.86, 291.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% -0.0095 -0.1866)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.187 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5264, 18.2405, 77.1812)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486EE6 #E6C048

analogous

#48BDE6 #486EE6 #7148E6

triadic

#486EE6 #E6486E #6EE648

tetradic

#486EE6 #E648BD #E6C048 #48E671

square

#486EE6 #E648BD #E6C048 #48E671

split-complementary

#486EE6 #E67148 #BDE648

monochromatic

#16369E #1D49D4 #486EE6 #7E99ED #B4C3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#486EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#486EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #486EE6

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##486EE6	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C7EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.187 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d97ef',
    500: '#486ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486ee6;
$custom-light: #8d97ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.57,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57658,
    "c": 0.18682,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486EE6

secondary

#E4D5A6

accent

#C535F3

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #486EE6

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

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