#486FC9#486FC9

#486FC9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.146 H 264.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486FC9
RGB	rgb(72, 111, 201)
HSL	hsl(222, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(222, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 44.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 15.04, -50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 53.15, 286.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.87% -0.014 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(55.87% 0.146 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8959, 16.9619, 57.5252)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486FC9 #C9A248

analogous

#48B0C9 #486FC9 #6148C9

triadic

#486FC9 #C9486F #6FC948

tetradic

#486FC9 #C948B0 #C9A248 #48C961

square

#486FC9 #C948B0 #C9A248 #48C961

split-complementary

#486FC9 #C96148 #B0C948

monochromatic

#223B74 #3053A4 #486FC9 #7794D7 #A7B9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#486FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#486FC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486FC9

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486FC9	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4479CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E6DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 111, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.146 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8797da',
    500: '#486fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486fc9;
$custom-light: #8797da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.86,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55869,
    "c": 0.14627,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486FC9

secondary

#D2C19B

accent

#B14ADE

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #486FC9

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

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