#494fd8

Color #494fd8

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 12.35 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#494fd8

RGB

rgb(73, 79, 216)

HSL

hsl(237.5, 64.7%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.5, 66.2%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.2%, 63.4%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(41.16, 40.4, -70.98)

LCH

lch(41.16, 81.67, 299.65)

OKLCH

oklch(50.9%, 0.2054, 274.47)

HWB

hwb(237.5, 28.6%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8d249

Analogous

#4997d8

#494fd8

#8b49d8

Triadic

#494fd8

#d8494f

#4fd849

Split-complementary

#494fd8

#d88b49

#97d849

Tetradic

#494fd8

#d249d8

#d8d249

#4fd849

Square

#494fd8

#d84997

#d8d249

#49d88b

Shades

Color #494fd8 mixed toward black.

#2b31c6

#22279f

#1a1d77

#11144f

#090a28

Tints

Color #494fd8 mixed toward white.

#676cdf

#868ae5

#a4a7ec

#c2c4f2

#e1e2f9

Tones

Color #494fd8 mixed toward gray.

#555acc

#6165c0

#6d70b4

#797ba8

#85869c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.39:1

White text reads better on this background (6.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4cc2 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#4b4bbc · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#49aea9 · ΔE 42.6

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 28.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #494fd8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494fd8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#494fd8 (#494fd8) is rgb(73, 79, 216) in RGB.

No, #494fd8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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