#486993

sRGB: 72 / 105 / 147

#486993 belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 72 red, 105 green and 147 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 213.6° lands in the azure region. Its 34.2% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 42.9% 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 (5.65:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 72, 105, 147
HSL: 213.60°, 34.25%, 42.94%
HSV / HSB: 213.60°, 51.02%, 57.65%
CMYK (approx.): 51.02%, 28.57%, 0.00%, 42.35%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 12.990, 13.587, 29.543
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 43.635, 0.502, -26.650
WCAG relative luminance: 0.13587
24-bit decimal: 4745619

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 #486993 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: 3.72:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 5.65:1

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.

Reference: 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

#937248 sits half a turn (180°) from #486993 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.

#486993 #937248

Analogous

#488E93 and #4D4893 sit 30° to either side of #486993. 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.

#488E93 #486993 #4D4893

Triadic

#486993, #934869 and #699348 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#486993 #934869 #699348

Split complementary

Start at #486993 and look across the wheel. #934D48 and #8E9348 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#486993 #934D48 #8E9348

Square

Starting with #486993, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #93488E, #937248, then #48934D. Across the square, #486993 pairs with #937248, and #93488E with #48934D.

#486993 #93488E #937248 #48934D

Tetradic

#486993 and #937248 are opposites, as are #724893 and #699348. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#486993 #724893 #937248 #699348

Tints

Mixing #486993 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6D87A9, keeps 80% of the original. By #DAE1E9, the mixture is 80% white.

#486993 #6D87A9 #91A5BE #B6C3D4 #DAE1E9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #486993 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #3A5476, keeps 80% of the original. By #0E151D, the mixture is 80% black.

#486993 #3A5476 #2B3F58 #1D2A3B #0E151D #000000

Tones

Mixing #486993 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #536E8F, keeps 80% of the original. By #757B84, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#486993 #536E8F #5E728B #6A7788 #757B84 #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

#486993

RGB

rgb(72 105 147)

HSL

hsl(213.600 34.247% 42.941%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #486993;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#486993 uses 72 red, 105 green and 147 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 28.2%

Green 41.2%

Blue 57.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #486993 is 51.0% cyan, 28.6% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 42.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 51.0%

Magenta 28.6%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 42.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #446699. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #469 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #486993 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #336699, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #446699 Nearest web-safe: #336699

Gradient to complement

#486993 #556B87 #616C7A #6E6E6E #7A6F61 #877155 #937248

Color vision previews

Compare how #486993 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.

#596B95

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.

#4F6492

Tritanopia

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

#257278

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.

#536A94

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.

#4E6693

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#436C8A

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.

#59687F

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

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 0.14126 B 0.29177

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 0.31017 G 0.40825 B 0.56295

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.07838 G 0.13873 B 0.27700

CIE xyY

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

x 0.231 y 0.242 Y 13.587

CMY

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

C % 71.765 M % 58.824 Y % 42.353

Binary RGB

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

01001000 01101001 10010011