#486a9c

Color #486a9c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 10.73 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#486a9c

RGB

rgb(72, 106, 156)

HSL

hsl(215.7, 36.8%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.7, 53.8%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.8%, 32.1%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(44.35, 2.81, -30.87)

LCH

lch(44.35, 31, 275.2)

OKLCH

oklch(52.1%, 0.0889, 257.92)

HWB

hwb(215.7, 28.2%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c7a48

Analogous

#48949c

#486a9c

#50489c

Triadic

#486a9c

#9c486a

#6a9c48

Split-complementary

#486a9c

#9c5048

#949c48

Tetradic

#486a9c

#7a489c

#9c7a48

#6a9c48

Square

#486a9c

#9c4894

#9c7a48

#489c50

Shades

Color #486a9c mixed toward black.

#3c5882

#304768

#24354e

#182334

#0c121a

Tints

Color #486a9c mixed toward white.

#5e81b5

#7e9ac4

#9fb4d2

#bfcde1

#dfe6f0

Tones

Color #486a9c mixed toward gray.

#4f6b95

#566d8e

#5d6e87

#646f80

#6b7179

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.82:1

White text reads better on this background (5.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595992 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#57548f · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#4a8987 · ΔE 23.6

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #486a9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#486a9c]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#486a9c (#486a9c) is rgb(72, 106, 156) in RGB.

No, #486a9c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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