#494f81

Color #494f81

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 20.11 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#494f81

RGB

rgb(73, 79, 129)

HSL

hsl(233.6, 27.7%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.6, 43.4%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.4%, 38.8%, 0%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(35.19, 11.44, -28.97)

LCH

lch(35.19, 31.15, 291.55)

OKLCH

oklch(44.6%, 0.0821, 277.35)

HWB

hwb(233.6, 28.6%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#817b49

Analogous

#496b81

#494f81

#5f4981

Triadic

#494f81

#81494f

#4f8149

Split-complementary

#494f81

#815f49

#6b8149

Tetradic

#494f81

#7b4981

#817b49

#4f8149

Square

#494f81

#81496b

#817b49

#49815f

Shades

Color #494f81 mixed toward black.

#3d426b

#313556

#252740

#181a2b

#0c0d15

Tints

Color #494f81 mixed toward white.

#5c63a2

#7c82b5

#9da1c7

#bdc0da

#dee0ec

Tones

Color #494f81 mixed toward gray.

#4e537c

#525678

#575a73

#5c5e6e

#60616a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.72:1

White text reads better on this background (7.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4c77 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#4b4b75 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#496f6d · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 19

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #494f81;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494f81]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#494f81 (#494f81) is rgb(73, 79, 129) in RGB.

No, #494f81 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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