#494d87

Color #494d87

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 15.13 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#494d87

RGB

rgb(73, 77, 135)

HSL

hsl(236.1, 29.8%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.1, 45.9%, 52.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.9%, 43%, 0%, 47.1%)

LAB

lab(34.95, 14.64, -33.03)

LCH

lch(34.95, 36.13, 293.9)

OKLCH

oklch(44.5%, 0.0944, 278.83)

HWB

hwb(236.1, 28.6%, 47.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#878349

Analogous

#496c87

#494d87

#644987

Triadic

#494d87

#87494d

#4d8749

Split-complementary

#494d87

#876449

#6c8749

Tetradic

#494d87

#834987

#878349

#4d8749

Square

#494d87

#87496c

#878349

#498764

Shades

Color #494d87 mixed toward black.

#3d4071

#31335a

#252744

#181a2d

#0c0d17

Tints

Color #494d87 mixed toward white.

#5c61a7

#7c80b8

#9da0ca

#bec0dc

#dedfed

Tones

Color #494d87 mixed toward gray.

#4e5282

#53567d

#595b78

#5e5f72

#63646d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.69:1

White text reads better on this background (7.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b7c · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#4b4a79 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#497270 · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 20.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #494d87;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494d87]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#494d87 (#494d87) is rgb(73, 77, 135) in RGB.

No, #494d87 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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