#494bca

Color #494bca

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 10.78 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#494bca

RGB

rgb(73, 75, 202)

HSL

hsl(239.1, 54.9%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(239.1, 63.9%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.9%, 62.9%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(39.09, 38.16, -66.29)

LCH

lch(39.09, 76.49, 299.93)

OKLCH

oklch(49.1%, 0.1921, 276.01)

HWB

hwb(239.1, 28.6%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cac849

Analogous

#498bca

#494bca

#8849ca

Triadic

#494bca

#ca494b

#4bca49

Split-complementary

#494bca

#ca8849

#8bca49

Tetradic

#494bca

#c849ca

#cac849

#4bca49

Square

#494bca

#ca498b

#cac849

#49ca88

Shades

Color #494bca mixed toward black.

#3436b1

#292b8e

#1f206a

#151547

#0a0b23

Tints

Color #494bca mixed toward white.

#6769d3

#8687dc

#a4a5e4

#c2c3ed

#e1e1f6

Tones

Color #494bca mixed toward gray.

#5455bf

#5e60b4

#696aaa

#74759f

#7f7f94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.14:1

White text reads better on this background (6.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4ab5 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#4a4ab0 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#49a39e · ΔE 41.2

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 28.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #494bca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494bca]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#494bca (#494bca) is rgb(73, 75, 202) in RGB.

No, #494bca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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