#486fa2

Color #486fa2

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.62 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#486fa2

RGB

rgb(72, 111, 162)

HSL

hsl(214, 38.5%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214, 55.6%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.6%, 31.5%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(46.12, 1.72, -31.65)

LCH

lch(46.12, 31.7, 273.11)

OKLCH

oklch(53.6%, 0.092, 255.59)

HWB

hwb(214, 28.2%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a27b48

Analogous

#489ca2

#486fa2

#4e48a2

Triadic

#486fa2

#a2486f

#6fa248

Split-complementary

#486fa2

#a24e48

#9ca248

Tetradic

#486fa2

#7b48a2

#a27b48

#6fa248

Square

#486fa2

#a2489c

#a27b48

#48a24e

Shades

Color #486fa2 mixed toward black.

#3c5d87

#304a6c

#243851

#182536

#0c131b

Tints

Color #486fa2 mixed toward white.

#6086b8

#809ec6

#9fb6d5

#bfcfe3

#dfe7f1

Tones

Color #486fa2 mixed toward gray.

#4f709b

#577193

#5f728c

#667384

#6e747d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.07:1

White text reads better on this background (5.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5c98 · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#595695 · ΔE 12.1

Tritanopia

#4b8f8d · ΔE 23.6

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #486fa2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#486fa2]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#486fa2 (#486fa2) is rgb(72, 111, 162) in RGB.

No, #486fa2 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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