#487daa

Color #487daa

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 3.45 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#487daa

RGB

rgb(72, 125, 170)

HSL

hsl(207.6, 40.5%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207.6, 57.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.6%, 26.5%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(50.62, -4.03, -29.28)

LCH

lch(50.62, 29.56, 262.16)

OKLCH

oklch(57.2%, 0.0901, 245.88)

HWB

hwb(207.6, 28.2%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa7548

Analogous

#48aaa6

#487daa

#484caa

Triadic

#487daa

#aa487d

#7daa48

Split-complementary

#487daa

#aa484c

#aaa648

Tetradic

#487daa

#7548aa

#aa7548

#7daa48

Square

#487daa

#a648aa

#aa7548

#4caa48

Shades

Color #487daa mixed toward black.

#3c688e

#305371

#243f55

#182a39

#0c151c

Tints

Color #487daa mixed toward white.

#6293bd

#82a9ca

#a1bed7

#c0d4e4

#e0e9f2

Tones

Color #487daa mixed toward gray.

#507ca2

#587c9a

#617b92

#697a89

#717a81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6364a1 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#605c9e · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#4c9997 · ΔE 20.7

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 17.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #487daa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#487daa]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#487daa (#487daa) is rgb(72, 125, 170) in RGB.

No, #487daa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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