#494459

Color #494459

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.08 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#494459

RGB

rgb(73, 68, 89)

HSL

hsl(254.3, 13.4%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254.3, 23.6%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(18%, 23.6%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(30.09, 7.04, -11.7)

LCH

lch(30.09, 13.65, 301.04)

OKLCH

oklch(40%, 0.0354, 295.77)

HWB

hwb(254.3, 26.7%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#545944

Analogous

#444a59

#494459

#544459

Triadic

#494459

#594944

#445949

Split-complementary

#494459

#595444

#4a5944

Tetradic

#494459

#594454

#545944

#445949

Square

#494459

#59444a

#545944

#445954

Shades

Color #494459 mixed toward black.

#3d394a

#312d3b

#25222d

#18171e

#0c0b0f

Tints

Color #494459 mixed toward white.

#645d7a

#817a99

#a19bb3

#c0bccc

#e0dee6

Tones

Color #494459 mixed toward gray.

#4a4657

#4b4856

#4c4954

#4d4b52

#4e4d50

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.25:1

White text reads better on this background (9.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#474754 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#474853 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#495150 · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#474747 · ΔE 11.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #494459;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494459]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#494459 (#494459) is rgb(73, 68, 89) in RGB.

No, #494459 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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