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#486FE5

#486fe5 ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#486fe5 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 43.53% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.56% cyan, 51.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 225.1°, with 75.12% saturation and 59.02% 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 4.68:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 2.19.

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Web safe#3366cc
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Relative luminance0.184

Complementary

  1. #486fe5
  2. #e5be48

Split complementary

  1. #486fe5
  2. #e57048
  3. #bde548

Analogous

  1. #48bde5
  2. #486fe5
  3. #7048e5

Triadic

  1. #486fe5
  2. #e5486f
  3. #6fe548

Tetradic

  1. #486fe5
  2. #be48e5
  3. #e5be48
  4. #6fe548

Square

  1. #486fe5
  2. #e548bd
  3. #e5be48
  4. #48e570

Monochromatic

  1. #122e82
  2. #1c46c5
  3. #486fe5
  4. #8ba4ef
  5. #ced8f8

Shades

#486fe5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #486fe5
  2. #4164ce
  3. #3a59b7
  4. #324ea0
  5. #2b4389
  6. #243873
  7. #1d2c5c
  8. #162145
  9. #0e162e
  10. #070b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#486fe5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #486fe5
  2. #5a7de8
  3. #6d8cea
  4. #7f9aed
  5. #91a9ef
  6. #a4b7f2
  7. #b6c5f5
  8. #c8d4f7
  9. #dae2fa
  10. #edf1fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#486fe5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #486fe5
  2. #4e71db
  3. #5372d1
  4. #5974c7
  5. #5e76bd
  6. #6478b3
  7. #6a79a8
  8. #6f7b9e
  9. #757d94
  10. #7a7e8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6774ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #237ee9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0070e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008b9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3579e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2170e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0081bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-486fe5 {
  color: #486fe5;
}
Background
.bg-486fe5 {
  background-color: #486fe5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-486fe5 {
  border: 2px solid #486fe5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #486fe5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 111 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 75% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-486fe5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #486fe5, #7048e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-486fe5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 111 229 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 2.19 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 3.46 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.87 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.55 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.85 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.96 #1560bd Denim ΔE 9.02 #b7901a Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#486fe5  rgb(72, 111, 229)  hsl(225, 75%, 59%)  Royal Blue
#e5be48  rgb(229, 190, 72)  hsl(45, 75%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#e5486f  rgb(229, 72, 111)  hsl(345, 75%, 59%)  Cerise
#6fe548  rgb(111, 229, 72)  hsl(105, 75%, 59%)  Malachite