Information about #486F89 color

#486F89 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#486F89 falls into the Azure Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(72, 111, 137) — 28.2% red, 43.5% green, 53.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 25 / 10 / 0 / 46. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#486F89 is a moderately toned steel-blue azure that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Wedgewood (#4C6B88). Slightly further away sit Quantum Leap (#4F698B) and Norwester (#48798A).

The recipe behind #486F89 is rgb(72, 111, 137), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #486F89: 5.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.9:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#486F89 color variations

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#486F89 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #486F89

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Wedgewood color link
Wedgewood

#4C6B88

Quantum Leap color link
Quantum Leap

#4F698B

Norwester color link
Norwester

#48798A

Seachange color link
Seachange

#4E6E81

Calypso color link
Calypso

#3D7188

Queen Blue color link
Queen Blue

#436B95

Wavelength color link
Wavelength

#3C6886

Waratah color link
Waratah

#55698B

Beetle Green color link
Beetle Green

#4C787E

Bismark color link
Bismark

#486C7A

Kashmir Blue color link
Kashmir Blue

#576D8E

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#486F89
  • RGB72, 111, 137
  • CMYK25, 10, 0, 46
  • HSL204°, 31%, 41%
  • HSL Precise204°, 31.1%, 40.98%
  • HSV204°, 47%, 54%
  • HSB204°, 47%, 54%
  • HEX ID486F89
  • DECIMAL ID4747145
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • Percentage of Red in RGB28.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB43.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB53.7%
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