#494188

Color #494188

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 4.77 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#494188

RGB

rgb(73, 65, 136)

HSL

hsl(246.8, 35.3%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.8, 52.2%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.3%, 52.2%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(31.75, 22.76, -38.75)

LCH

lch(31.75, 44.94, 300.43)

OKLCH

oklch(42.1%, 0.1143, 285.53)

HWB

hwb(246.8, 25.5%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#808841

Analogous

#415c88

#494188

#6d4188

Triadic

#494188

#884941

#418849

Split-complementary

#494188

#886d41

#5c8841

Tetradic

#494188

#884180

#808841

#418849

Square

#494188

#88415c

#808841

#41886d

Shades

Color #494188 mixed toward black.

#3d3671

#312b5b

#252144

#18162d

#0c0b17

Tints

Color #494188 mixed toward white.

#5c52ab

#7c74bc

#9d96cd

#bdb9de

#dedcee

Tones

Color #494188 mixed toward gray.

#4e4782

#524d7c

#575376

#5b5970

#605f6a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.39:1

White text reads better on this background (8.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#46467b · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#464778 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#49706d · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 23

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #494188;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494188]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#494188 (#494188) is rgb(73, 65, 136) in RGB.

No, #494188 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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