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#486FE7

#486fe7 ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#486fe7 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 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.83% cyan, 51.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 225.28°, with 76.81% saturation and 59.41% 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 4.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 2.3.

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Web safe#3366ff
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Relative luminance0.1852

Complementary

  1. #486fe7
  2. #e7c048

Split complementary

  1. #486fe7
  2. #e77048
  3. #bfe748

Analogous

  1. #48bfe7
  2. #486fe7
  3. #7048e7

Triadic

  1. #486fe7
  2. #e7486f
  3. #6fe748

Tetradic

  1. #486fe7
  2. #c048e7
  3. #e7c048
  4. #6fe748

Square

  1. #486fe7
  2. #e748bf
  3. #e7c048
  4. #48e770

Monochromatic

  1. #112e85
  2. #1a45c8
  3. #486fe7
  4. #8ca4f0
  5. #cfd9f9

Shades

#486fe7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #486fe7
  2. #4164d0
  3. #3a59b9
  4. #324ea2
  5. #2b438b
  6. #243874
  7. #1d2c5c
  8. #162145
  9. #0e162e
  10. #070b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#486fe7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #486fe7
  2. #5a7de9
  3. #6d8cec
  4. #7f9aee
  5. #91a9f1
  6. #a4b7f3
  7. #b6c5f5
  8. #c8d4f8
  9. #dae2fa
  10. #edf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#486fe7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #486fe7
  2. #4e71dd
  3. #5372d2
  4. #5974c8
  5. #5e76be
  6. #6478b4
  7. #6a79a9
  8. #6f7b9f
  9. #757d95
  10. #7a7e8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6774af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1f7feb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0070e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008ca0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3479ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #1e70e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0081c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-486fe7 {
  color: #486fe7;
}
Background
.bg-486fe7 {
  background-color: #486fe7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-486fe7 {
  border: 2px solid #486fe7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #486fe7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 111 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 77% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-486fe7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #486fe7, #7048e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-486fe7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 111 231 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 2.30 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 3.33 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.79 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.68 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.94 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.12 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.96 #b79018 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#486fe7  rgb(72, 111, 231)  hsl(225, 77%, 59%)  Royal Blue
#e7c048  rgb(231, 192, 72)  hsl(45, 77%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#e7486f  rgb(231, 72, 111)  hsl(345, 77%, 59%)  Cerise
#6fe748  rgb(111, 231, 72)  hsl(105, 77%, 59%)  Neon Green