#486e7b

Color #486e7b

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.59 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#486e7b

RGB

rgb(72, 110, 123)

HSL

hsl(195.3, 26.2%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.3, 41.5%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(44.17, -9.78, -11.45)

LCH

lch(44.17, 15.06, 229.5)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.0475, 221.5)

HWB

hwb(195.3, 28.2%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b5548

Analogous

#487b6e

#486e7b

#48547b

Triadic

#486e7b

#7b486e

#6e7b48

Split-complementary

#486e7b

#7b4854

#7b6e48

Tetradic

#486e7b

#55487b

#7b5548

#6e7b48

Square

#486e7b

#6e487b

#7b5548

#547b48

Shades

Color #486e7b mixed toward black.

#3c5c66

#304952

#24373d

#182529

#0c1214

Tints

Color #486e7b mixed toward white.

#5b8c9c

#7aa3b1

#9cbac5

#bdd1d8

#dee8ec

Tones

Color #486e7b mixed toward gray.

#4c6c77

#506a72

#55686e

#59666a

#5d6366

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.79:1

White text reads better on this background (5.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b78 · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#595677 · ΔE 20.4

Tritanopia

#4a7675 · ΔE 8

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 13.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #486e7b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#486e7b]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#486e7b (#486e7b) is rgb(72, 110, 123) in RGB.

No, #486e7b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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