#486FB6#486FB6

#486FB6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.120 H 261.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486FB6
RGB	rgb(72, 111, 182)
HSL	hsl(219, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(219, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 39%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 8.46, -41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 42.58, 281.46°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% -0.0177 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.12 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7975, 16.1225, 46.4737)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486FB6 #B68F48

analogous

#48A6B6 #486FB6 #5848B6

triadic

#486FB6 #B6486F #6FB648

tetradic

#486FB6 #B648A6 #B68F48 #48B658

square

#486FB6 #B648A6 #B68F48 #48B658

split-complementary

#486FB6 #B65848 #A6B648

monochromatic

#253A5E #37548A #486FB6 #7391C8 #9FB4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#486FB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#486FB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486FB6

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486FB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486FB6	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5175B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426BB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486fb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 111, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.120 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8497cc',
    500: '#486fb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486fb6;
$custom-light: #8497cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486fb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.727,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54688,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486FB6

secondary

#C6B494

accent

#A655D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486FB6

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

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