#486be8

Color #486be8

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 3.11 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#486be8

RGB

rgb(72, 107, 232)

HSL

hsl(226.9, 77.7%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.9, 69%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(69%, 53.9%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(49.15, 28.44, -67.05)

LCH

lch(49.15, 72.83, 292.98)

OKLCH

oklch(57.2%, 0.1931, 267.95)

HWB

hwb(226.9, 28.2%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8c548

Analogous

#48bbe8

#486be8

#7548e8

Triadic

#486be8

#e8486b

#6be848

Split-complementary

#486be8

#e87548

#bbe848

Tetradic

#486be8

#c548e8

#e8c548

#6be848

Square

#486be8

#e848bb

#e8c548

#48e875

Shades

Color #486be8 mixed toward black.

#1c47e1

#1739b4

#112b87

#0b1c5a

#060e2d

Tints

Color #486be8 mixed toward white.

#6684ec

#859cf0

#a3b5f4

#c2cef7

#e0e6fb

Tones

Color #486be8 mixed toward gray.

#5572db

#637acd

#7081c0

#7d89b3

#8b90a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.54:1

White text reads better on this background (4.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595ad2 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#5754cd · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#4abfba · ΔE 39.4

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 27.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #486be8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#486be8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#486be8 (#486be8) is rgb(72, 107, 232) in RGB.

No, #486be8 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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