4:5:6

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Chord information
Harmonics 4:5:6
Subharmonics 1/(15:12:10)
Intervals from root 1/1 – 5/4 – 3/2
Cents from root 0¢ 386¢ 702¢
Step intervals 5/4, 6/5
Step cents 386¢, 316¢
Prime limit 5
Genus 3 ⋅ 5 (15)
Intervallic odd limit 5
Otonal odd limit 5
Utonal odd limit 15

4:5:6 is a just major triad found on the I (11), IV (43), and V (32) of Ptolemy's intense diatonic scale (Zarlino), perhaps the most common 5-limit diatonic.