#486FB4#486FB4

#486FB4 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.117 H 261.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486FB4
RGB	rgb(72, 111, 180)
HSL	hsl(218, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(218, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 38.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, 7.77, -40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 41.47, 280.80°)
OKLab	oklab(54.57% -0.0182 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(54.57% 0.117 261.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5923, 16.0405, 45.3929)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486FB4 #B48D48

analogous

#48A5B4 #486FB4 #5748B4

triadic

#486FB4 #B4486F #6FB448

tetradic

#486FB4 #B448A5 #B48D48 #48B457

square

#486FB4 #B448A5 #B48D48 #48B457

split-complementary

#486FB4 #B45748 #A5B448

monochromatic

#25395D #375488 #486FB4 #7291C7 #9EB3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#486FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#486FB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486FB4

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486FB4	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5275B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 111, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.117 261.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8498cb',
    500: '#486fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486fb4;
$custom-light: #8498cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.333,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5457,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 261.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486FB4

secondary

#C5B393

accent

#A555D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486FB4

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

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