#485ba3

Color #485ba3

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.97 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#485ba3

RGB

rgb(72, 91, 163)

HSL

hsl(227.5, 38.7%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.5, 55.8%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.8%, 44.2%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(40.42, 14.59, -41.25)

LCH

lch(40.42, 43.75, 289.48)

OKLCH

oklch(49.2%, 0.1173, 270.49)

HWB

hwb(227.5, 28.2%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a39048

Analogous

#4889a3

#485ba3

#6348a3

Triadic

#485ba3

#a3485b

#5ba348

Split-complementary

#485ba3

#a36348

#89a348

Tetradic

#485ba3

#9048a3

#a39048

#5ba348

Square

#485ba3

#a34889

#a39048

#48a363

Shades

Color #485ba3 mixed toward black.

#3c4c88

#303d6d

#242e52

#181e36

#0c0f1b

Tints

Color #485ba3 mixed toward white.

#6073b9

#808fc7

#a0abd5

#bfc7e3

#dfe3f1

Tones

Color #485ba3 mixed toward gray.

#505f9b

#576494

#5f688c

#666d85

#6e717d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.3:1

White text reads better on this background (6.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515196 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#504e92 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#498a87 · ΔE 29.7

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #485ba3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#485ba3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#485ba3 (#485ba3) is rgb(72, 91, 163) in RGB.

No, #485ba3 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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