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Recognised as Colour

#486DDC

  • #486DDC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#486DDC is a blue with RGB values 72, 109, 220 and HSL 225°, 68%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#486DDC#486DDC
HEX#486DDC
RGBrgb(72, 109, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.4275, 0.8627
RGB percentages28.2%, 42.7%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(225, 67.9%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225, 67.3%, 86.3%)
CMYK67.3%, 50.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,746,716
CSS custom property--colour: #486DDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.67:1
Contrast with white4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#B79223

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2B7BE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#006EDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00879Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 5.7Slate blue · ΔE 13.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 16.9Medium purple · ΔE 18.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 19Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 5.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCB748
Analogous#48B7DC, #6D48DC
Triadic#DC486D, #6DDC48
Split complementary#DC6D48, #B7DC48
Tetradic#DC48B7, #DCB748, #48DC6D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F6FD
Lighter +30%#C8D3F5
Lighter +20%#9EB1EC
Lighter +10%#738FE4
Darker −10%#2750CA
Darker −20%#1F3F9F
Darker −30%#162E75
Darker −40%#0E1D4A
More saturated +25%#2D5FF7
Less saturated −25%#637BC1

Channel breakdown

R72
G109
B220
Red72 (28.2%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue225°
Saturation (HSL)67.89%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 6D · B DC

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