#493ca2

Color #493ca2

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 10.78 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-800 #372aac · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#493ca2

RGB

rgb(73, 60, 162)

HSL

hsl(247.6, 45.9%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.6, 63%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.9%, 63%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(32.38, 34.25, -53.59)

LCH

lch(32.38, 63.6, 302.58)

OKLCH

oklch(43.1%, 0.1581, 283.35)

HWB

hwb(247.6, 23.5%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95a23c

Analogous

#3c62a2

#493ca2

#7c3ca2

Triadic

#493ca2

#a2493c

#3ca249

Split-complementary

#493ca2

#a27c3c

#62a23c

Tetradic

#493ca2

#a23c95

#95a23c

#3ca249

Square

#493ca2

#a23c62

#95a23c

#3ca27c

Shades

Color #493ca2 mixed toward black.

#3d3287

#31286c

#241e51

#181436

#0c0a1b

Tints

Color #493ca2 mixed toward white.

#5e50be

#7e73cb

#9e96d8

#bfb9e5

#dfdcf2

Tones

Color #493ca2 mixed toward gray.

#4f4499

#564d91

#5c5588

#625e80

#696677

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.45:1

White text reads better on this background (8.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#444491 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#44458d · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#48827f · ΔE 34.3

Achromatopsia

#4c4c4c · ΔE 26.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #493ca2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#493ca2]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#493ca2 (#493ca2) is rgb(73, 60, 162) in RGB.

No, #493ca2 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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