All About Color #486F9D

#486F9D

About #486F9D

#486F9D is a medium blue color with the hex code #486F9D. In RGB it is red 72, green 111, blue 157; in HSL it is hue 212°, saturation 37%, lightness 45%; in CMYK it is 54%, 29%, 0%, 38%. Its contrast ratio is 5.20:1 on white and 4.04:1 on black.

#486F9D Color Conversion

Hex triplet48, 6F, 9D
CMYK54.14%, 29.30%, 0.00%, 38.43%
RGB Decimal72, 111, 157
HSL212°, 37%, 45%
RGB Octal110, 157, 235
HSV (HSB)212.47°, 54.14%, 61.57%
RGB Binary1001000, 1101111, 10011101
CIE-L*AB45.88, 0.08, -29.08
RGB Percent28.24%, 43.53%, 61.57%
CIE-L*CH45.88, 29.08, 270.17
XYZ14.44, 15.18, 34.07
CIE-L*UV45.88, -17.93, -42.68
xyY0.23, 0.24, 15.18
Hunter-Lab38.96, -2.02, -24.57
RYB28.24%, 38.72%, 61.57%

Color Accessibility Scores

#486F9D on a dark background: contrast 4.04:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#486F9D on a light background: contrast 5.20:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #486F9D, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#486F9D · #7E9EC4 · #2B435E · #9D7648 · #C4A37E

Analogous palette

#489D76 · #489A9D · #486F9D · #4B489D · #76489D

Triadic palette

#486F9D · #9D4870 · #709D48 · #7E9EC4 · #C47E9E

Tetradic palette

#486F9D · #9D489A · #9D7648 · #489D4B · #2B435E

Monochromatic palette

#182534 · #304B69 · #486F9D · #7396BF · #A8BED7

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