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#486EE8

#486ee8 ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#486ee8 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 43.14% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.97% cyan, 52.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 225.75°, with 77.67% saturation and 59.61% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 2.09.

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Web safe#3366ff
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Relative luminance0.1836

Complementary

  1. #486ee8
  2. #e8c248

Split complementary

  1. #486ee8
  2. #e87248
  3. #bee848

Analogous

  1. #48bee8
  2. #486ee8
  3. #7248e8

Triadic

  1. #486ee8
  2. #e8486e
  3. #6ee848

Tetradic

  1. #486ee8
  2. #c248e8
  3. #e8c248
  4. #6ee848

Square

  1. #486ee8
  2. #e848be
  3. #e8c248
  4. #48e872

Monochromatic

  1. #112d86
  2. #1943ca
  3. #486ee8
  4. #8ca4f1
  5. #d0daf9

Shades

#486ee8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #486ee8
  2. #4163d1
  3. #3a58ba
  4. #324da2
  5. #2b428b
  6. #243774
  7. #1d2c5d
  8. #162146
  9. #0e162e
  10. #070b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#486ee8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #486ee8
  2. #5a7dea
  3. #6d8bed
  4. #7f9aef
  5. #91a8f1
  6. #a4b7f4
  7. #b6c5f6
  8. #c8d4f8
  9. #dae2fa
  10. #edf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#486ee8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #486ee8
  2. #4e70de
  3. #5372d3
  4. #5973c9
  5. #5e75be
  6. #6477b4
  7. #6a79aa
  8. #6f7b9f
  9. #757c95
  10. #7a7e8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6773b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #177eec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0070e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008ba0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3178eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #1a6fe7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0081c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-486ee8 {
  color: #486ee8;
}
Background
.bg-486ee8 {
  background-color: #486ee8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-486ee8 {
  border: 2px solid #486ee8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #486ee8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 110 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 78% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-486ee8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #486ee8, #7248e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-486ee8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 110 232 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 2.09 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 2.96 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.91 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.01 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.24 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.37 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.73 #b79117 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#486ee8  rgb(72, 110, 232)  hsl(226, 78%, 60%)  Royal Blue
#e8c248  rgb(232, 194, 72)  hsl(46, 78%, 60%)  Saffron
#e8486e  rgb(232, 72, 110)  hsl(346, 78%, 60%)  Cerise
#6ee848  rgb(110, 232, 72)  hsl(106, 78%, 60%)  Neon Green