Colour

#486FB4

#486FB4
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#486FB4 is a blue with RGB values 72, 111, 180 and HSL 218°, 43%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#486FB4

RGBrgb(72, 111, 180)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.4353, 0.7059

RGB percentages28.2%, 43.5%, 70.6%

HSLhsl(218.3, 42.9%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(218.3, 60%, 70.6%)

CMYK60%, 38.3%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,747,188

CSS custom property--colour: #486FB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.99:1

Contrast with white4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C

Inverted#B7904B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5275B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#436BB3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#007E89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 15.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.5 Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.9 Royal blue · ΔE 30.7 Medium purple · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 15.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B48D48

Analogous#48A5B4, #5748B4

Triadic#B4486F, #6FB448

Split complementary#B45748, #A5B448

Tetradic#B448A5, #B48D48, #48B457

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D8E1F0

Lighter +30%#B4C4E1

Lighter +20%#90A8D2

Lighter +10%#6B8BC4

Darker −10%#395990

Darker −20%#2B426B

Darker −30%#1C2C47

Darker −40%#0E1522

More saturated +25%#2966D4

Less saturated −25%#687895

Channel breakdown

R72

G111

B180

Red72 (28.2%)

Green111 (43.5%)

Blue180 (70.6%)

Hue218.33°

Saturation (HSL)42.86%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 48 · G 6F · B B4

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