#494661

Color #494661

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.63 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#494661

RGB

rgb(73, 70, 97)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 16.2%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 27.8%, 38%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.7%, 27.8%, 0%, 62%)

LAB

lab(31.02, 7.86, -15.4)

LCH

lch(31.02, 17.29, 297.04)

OKLCH

oklch(40.8%, 0.0449, 289.36)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 27.5%, 62%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e6146

Analogous

#465061

#494661

#564661

Triadic

#494661

#614946

#466149

Split-complementary

#494661

#615646

#506146

Tetradic

#494661

#61465e

#5e6146

#466149

Square

#494661

#614650

#5e6146

#466156

Shades

Color #494661 mixed toward black.

#3d3a51

#312f41

#242330

#181720

#0c0c10

Tints

Color #494661 mixed toward white.

#625e82

#7e7a9f

#9e9bb7

#bfbdcf

#dfdee7

Tones

Color #494661 mixed toward gray.

#4b485f

#4c4a5c

#4e4d5a

#504f58

#525156

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.33:1

White text reads better on this background (9.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#48485b · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#48485a · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#495755 · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 13.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #494661;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494661]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#494661 (#494661) is rgb(73, 70, 97) in RGB.

No, #494661 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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