All About Color #486D8E

#486D8E

About #486D8E

#486D8E is a medium blue color with the hex code #486D8E. In RGB it is red 72, green 109, blue 142; in HSL it is hue 208°, saturation 33%, lightness 42%; in CMYK it is 49%, 23%, 0%, 44%. Its contrast ratio is 5.45:1 on white and 3.85:1 on black.

#486D8E Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, 6D, 8E
CMYK49.30%, 23.24%, 0.00%, 44.31%
RGB Decimal72, 109, 142
HSL208°, 33%, 42%
RGB Octal110, 155, 216
HSV (HSB)208.29°, 49.30%, 55.69%
RGB Binary1001000, 1101101, 10001110
CIE-L*AB44.61, -3.50, -22.16
RGB Percent28.24%, 42.75%, 55.69%
CIE-L*CH44.61, 22.43, 261.02
XYZ13.02, 14.27, 27.66
CIE-L*UV44.61, -17.28, -31.39
xyY0.24, 0.26, 14.27
Hunter-Lab37.77, -4.56, -16.97
RYB28.24%, 37.73%, 55.69%

Color Accessibility Scores

#486D8E on a dark background: contrast 3.85:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#486D8E on a light background: contrast 5.45:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #486D8E, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #486D8E. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#486D8E · #779BBB · #293F51 · #8E6948 · #BB9777

Analogous palette

#488E69 · #488E8C · #486D8E · #484A8E · #69488E

Triadic palette

#486D8E · #8E486D · #6D8E48 · #779BBB · #BB779B

Tetradic palette

#486D8E · #8C488E · #8E6948 · #4A8E48 · #293F51

Monochromatic palette

#151F29 · #2E465C · #486D8E · #6D94B6 · #A0B9CF

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