#495ade

Color #495ade

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 10.38 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#495ade

RGB

rgb(73, 90, 222)

HSL

hsl(233.2, 69.3%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.2, 67.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.1%, 59.5%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(44.23, 35.69, -69.39)

LCH

lch(44.23, 78.03, 297.22)

OKLCH

oklch(53.3%, 0.2001, 272.12)

HWB

hwb(233.2, 28.6%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#decd49

Analogous

#49a4de

#495ade

#8249de

Triadic

#495ade

#de495a

#5ade49

Split-complementary

#495ade

#de8249

#a4de49

Tetradic

#495ade

#cd49de

#decd49

#5ade49

Square

#495ade

#de49a4

#decd49

#49de82

Shades

Color #495ade mixed toward black.

#2639d0

#1e2ea6

#17227d

#0f1753

#080b2a

Tints

Color #495ade mixed toward white.

#6775e3

#8691e9

#a4acee

#c2c8f4

#e1e3f9

Tones

Color #495ade mixed toward gray.

#5563d2

#626dc5

#6e77b9

#7b80ac

#878aa0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.8:1

White text reads better on this background (5.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5151c8 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#504fc2 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#4ab4b0 · ΔE 41

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 28.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #495ade;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#495ade]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#495ade (#495ade) is rgb(73, 90, 222) in RGB.

No, #495ade is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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