#496eaa

Color #496eaa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.83 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#496eaa

RGB

rgb(73, 110, 170)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 39.9%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 57.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.1%, 35.3%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(46.27, 5.21, -36.1)

LCH

lch(46.27, 36.47, 278.21)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.1037, 259.67)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 28.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa8549

Analogous

#499eaa

#496eaa

#5449aa

Triadic

#496eaa

#aa496e

#6eaa49

Split-complementary

#496eaa

#aa5449

#9eaa49

Tetradic

#496eaa

#8549aa

#aa8549

#6eaa49

Square

#496eaa

#aa499e

#aa8549

#49aa54

Shades

Color #496eaa mixed toward black.

#3d5c8e

#314971

#243755

#182539

#0c121c

Tints

Color #496eaa mixed toward white.

#6385bc

#829ec9

#a2b6d7

#c1cee4

#e0e7f2

Tones

Color #496eaa mixed toward gray.

#5170a2

#59729a

#617492

#69768a

#717781

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.09:1

White text reads better on this background (5.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5c9e · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#59569b · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#4b9491 · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #496eaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#496eaa]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#496eaa (#496eaa) is rgb(73, 110, 170) in RGB.

No, #496eaa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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