All About Color #486A9D

#486A9D

About #486A9D

#486A9D is a medium blue color with the hex code #486A9D. In RGB it is red 72, green 106, blue 157; in HSL it is hue 216°, saturation 37%, lightness 45%; in CMYK it is 54%, 32%, 0%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 5.49:1 on white and 3.82:1 on black.

#486A9D Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, 6A, 9D
CMYK54.14%, 32.48%, 0.00%, 38.43%
RGB Decimal72, 106, 157
HSL216°, 37%, 45%
RGB Octal110, 152, 235
HSV (HSB)216.00°, 54.14%, 61.57%
RGB Binary1001000, 1101010, 10011101
CIE-L*AB44.40, 3.14, -31.39
RGB Percent28.24%, 41.57%, 61.57%
CIE-L*CH44.40, 31.55, 275.71
XYZ13.91, 14.12, 33.89
CIE-L*UV44.40, -16.08, -46.27
xyY0.22, 0.23, 14.12
Hunter-Lab37.58, 0.33, -27.17
RYB28.24%, 37.76%, 61.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#486A9D on a dark background: contrast 3.82:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#486A9D on a light background: contrast 5.49:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #486A9D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#486A9D · #7E9AC4 · #2B405E · #9D7B48 · #C4A87E

Analogous palette

#489D7B · #48959D · #486A9D · #51489D · #7B489D

Triadic palette

#486A9D · #9D486A · #6A9D48 · #7E9AC4 · #C47E9A

Tetradic palette

#486A9D · #9D4895 · #9D7B48 · #489D51 · #2B405E

Monochromatic palette

#182334 · #304769 · #486A9D · #7391BF · #A8BBD7

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