#485ea3

Color #485ea3

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 17.1 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#485ea3

RGB

rgb(72, 94, 163)

HSL

hsl(225.5, 38.7%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.5, 55.8%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.8%, 42.3%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(41.26, 12.67, -39.91)

LCH

lch(41.26, 41.87, 287.61)

OKLCH

oklch(49.8%, 0.1133, 268.74)

HWB

hwb(225.5, 28.2%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a38d48

Analogous

#488ca3

#485ea3

#6048a3

Triadic

#485ea3

#a3485e

#5ea348

Split-complementary

#485ea3

#a36048

#8ca348

Tetradic

#485ea3

#8d48a3

#a38d48

#5ea348

Square

#485ea3

#a3488c

#a38d48

#48a360

Shades

Color #485ea3 mixed toward black.

#3c4e88

#303f6d

#242f52

#181f36

#0c101b

Tints

Color #485ea3 mixed toward white.

#6076b9

#8091c7

#a0add5

#bfc8e3

#dfe4f1

Tones

Color #485ea3 mixed toward gray.

#50629b

#576694

#5f6a8c

#666e85

#6e727d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.41:1

White text reads better on this background (6.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525396 · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#514f93 · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#498a88 · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #485ea3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#485ea3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#485ea3 (#485ea3) is rgb(72, 94, 163) in RGB.

No, #485ea3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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