#4861BA

sRGB · 72 / 97 / 186

#4861BA belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 72 red, 97 green and 186 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 226.8° lands in the blue region. Its 45.2% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 50.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.68:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 72, 97, 186
HSL: 226.84°, 45.24%, 50.59%
HSV / HSB: 226.84°, 61.29%, 72.94%
CMYK (approx.): 61.29%, 47.85%, 0.00%, 27.06%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 15.809, 13.472, 48.223
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 43.466, 18.658, -49.913
WCAG relative luminance: 0.13472
24-bit decimal: 4743610

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #4861BA in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 3.69:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 5.68:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BAA148 sits half a turn (180°) from #4861BA on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#4861BA #BAA148

Analogous

#489ABA and #6848BA sit 30° to either side of #4861BA. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#489ABA #4861BA #6848BA

Triadic

#4861BA, #BA4861 and #61BA48 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#4861BA #BA4861 #61BA48

Split complementary

Start at #4861BA and look across the wheel. #BA6848 and #9ABA48 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#4861BA #BA6848 #9ABA48

Square

Starting with #4861BA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BA489A, #BAA148, then #48BA68. Across the square, #4861BA pairs with #BAA148, and #BA489A with #48BA68.

#4861BA #BA489A #BAA148 #48BA68

Tetradic

#4861BA and #BAA148 are opposites, as are #A148BA and #61BA48. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#4861BA #A148BA #BAA148 #61BA48

Tints

Mixing #4861BA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6D81C8, keeps 80% of the original. By #DADFF1, the mixture is 80% white.

#4861BA #6D81C8 #91A0D6 #B6C0E3 #DADFF1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #4861BA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #3A4E95, keeps 80% of the original. By #0E1325, the mixture is 80% black.

#4861BA #3A4E95 #2B3A70 #1D274A #0E1325 #000000

Tones

Mixing #4861BA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5367AE, keeps 80% of the original. By #757A8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#4861BA #5367AE #5E6DA3 #6A7497 #757A8C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#4861BA

RGB

rgb(72 97 186)

HSL

hsl(226.842 45.238% 50.588%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #4861BA;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#4861BA uses 72 red, 97 green and 186 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 28.2%

Green 38.0%

Blue 72.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #4861BA is 61.3% cyan, 47.8% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 27.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 61.3%

Magenta 47.8%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 27.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #4466BB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #46B in CSS. For a modern design, keep #4861BA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #3366CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #4466BB Nearest web-safe · #3366CC

Gradient to complement

#4861BA #5B6CA7 #6E7694 #818181 #948C6E #A7965B #BAA148

Color vision previews

Compare how #4861BA appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#356CBD

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#2062B8

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#007584

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#3B68BC

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#3262B9

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#3D68A9

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#676767

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#596498

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.06480 G 0.11954 B 0.49102

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.30258 G 0.37762 B 0.70618

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.07452 G 0.11772 B 0.45685

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.204 y 0.174 Y 13.472

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 71.765 M % 61.961 Y % 27.059

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01001000 01100001 10111010