#486FB9#486FB9

#486FB9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.124 H 262.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486FB9
RGB	rgb(72, 111, 185)
HSL	hsl(219, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(219, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 40%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 9.49, -43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 44.24, 282.38°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% -0.017 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.124 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1108, 16.2479, 48.1240)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486FB9 #B99248

analogous

#48A7B9 #486FB9 #5948B9

triadic

#486FB9 #B9486F #6FB948

tetradic

#486FB9 #B948A7 #B99248 #48B959

square

#486FB9 #B948A7 #B99248 #48B959

split-complementary

#486FB9 #B95948 #A7B948

monochromatic

#253A61 #36548E #486FB9 #7492CA #A1B5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#486FB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#486FB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486FB9

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486FB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486FB9	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F76BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6BB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00808B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486fb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 111, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.124 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8597ce',
    500: '#486fb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486fb9;
$custom-light: #8597ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486fb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.292,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54868,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486FB9

secondary

#C8B695

accent

#A853D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #486FB9

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

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