#486c7a

Color #486c7a

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.59 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#486c7a

RGB

rgb(72, 108, 122)

HSL

hsl(196.8, 25.8%, 38%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.8, 41%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(41%, 11.5%, 0%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(43.52, -8.91, -11.84)

LCH

lch(43.52, 14.82, 233.04)

OKLCH

oklch(51%, 0.0466, 224.39)

HWB

hwb(196.8, 28.2%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7a5648

Analogous

#487a6f

#486c7a

#48537a

Triadic

#486c7a

#7a486c

#6c7a48

Split-complementary

#486c7a

#7a4853

#7a6f48

Tetradic

#486c7a

#56487a

#7a5648

#6c7a48

Square

#486c7a

#6f487a

#7a5648

#537a48

Shades

Color #486c7a mixed toward black.

#3c5a66

#304851

#24363d

#182429

#0c1214

Tints

Color #486c7a mixed toward white.

#5b899b

#7aa2b1

#9cb9c4

#bdd0d8

#dee8eb

Tones

Color #486c7a mixed toward gray.

#4c6a76

#506872

#54666d

#596569

#5d6365

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.7:1

White text reads better on this background (5.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a77 · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#585576 · ΔE 19.6

Tritanopia

#4a7474 · ΔE 8.1

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 12.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #486c7a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#486c7a]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#486c7a (#486c7a) is rgb(72, 108, 122) in RGB.

No, #486c7a 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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