All About Color #486D9D

#486D9D

About #486D9D

#486D9D is a medium blue color with the hex code #486D9D. In RGB it is red 72, green 109, blue 157; in HSL it is hue 214°, saturation 37%, lightness 45%; in CMYK it is 54%, 31%, 0%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 5.32:1 on white and 3.95:1 on black.

#486D9D Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, 6D, 9D
CMYK54.14%, 30.57%, 0.00%, 38.43%
RGB Decimal72, 109, 157
HSL214°, 37%, 45%
RGB Octal110, 155, 235
HSV (HSB)213.88°, 54.14%, 61.57%
RGB Binary1001000, 1101101, 10011101
CIE-L*AB45.29, 1.30, -30.01
RGB Percent28.24%, 42.75%, 61.57%
CIE-L*CH45.29, 30.04, 272.48
XYZ14.23, 14.75, 34.00
CIE-L*UV45.29, -17.19, -44.13
xyY0.23, 0.23, 14.75
Hunter-Lab38.40, -1.08, -25.60
RYB28.24%, 38.34%, 61.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#486D9D on a dark background: contrast 3.95:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#486D9D on a light background: contrast 5.32:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #486D9D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #486D9D. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#486D9D · #7E9CC4 · #2B415E · #9D7848 · #C4A57E

Analogous palette

#489D78 · #48989D · #486D9D · #4E489D · #78489D

Triadic palette

#486D9D · #9D486D · #6D9D48 · #7E9CC4 · #C47E9C

Tetradic palette

#486D9D · #9D4898 · #9D7848 · #489D4E · #2B415E

Monochromatic palette

#182434 · #304969 · #486D9D · #7394BF · #A8BCD7

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