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Recognised as Colour

#486EBA

  • #486EBA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#486EBA is a blue with RGB values 72, 110, 186 and HSL 220°, 45%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#486EBA#486EBA
HEX#486EBA
RGBrgb(72, 110, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.4314, 0.7294
RGB percentages28.2%, 43.1%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(220, 45.2%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220, 61.3%, 72.9%)
CMYK61.3%, 40.9%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,746,938
CSS custom property--colour: #486EBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.98:1
Contrast with white4.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#B79145

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4D75BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#3D6BB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#007F8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.8Steel blue · ΔE 19.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.8Royal blue · ΔE 26.4Medium purple · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA9448
Analogous#48A7BA, #5B48BA
Triadic#BA486E, #6EBA48
Split complementary#BA5B48, #A7BA48
Tetradic#BA48A7, #BA9448, #48BA5B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DCE3F2
Lighter +30%#B7C6E4
Lighter +20%#92A9D6
Lighter +10%#6D8BC8
Darker −10%#395896
Darker −20%#2B4271
Darker −30%#1D2D4C
Darker −40%#0F1727
More saturated +25%#2864DA
Less saturated −25%#68799B

Channel breakdown

R72
G110
B186
Red72 (28.2%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue220°
Saturation (HSL)45.24%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 6E · B BA

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