#494699

Color #494699

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 4.72 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#494699

RGB

rgb(73, 70, 153)

HSL

hsl(242.2, 37.2%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.2, 54.2%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.3%, 54.2%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(34.18, 25.02, -45.24)

LCH

lch(34.18, 51.7, 298.94)

OKLCH

oklch(44.3%, 0.1317, 281.21)

HWB

hwb(242.2, 27.5%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#969946

Analogous

#466c99

#494699

#724699

Triadic

#494699

#994946

#469949

Split-complementary

#494699

#997246

#6c9946

Tetradic

#494699

#994696

#969946

#469949

Square

#494699

#99466c

#969946

#469972

Shades

Color #494699 mixed toward black.

#3d3a7f

#312f66

#25234c

#181733

#0c0c19

Tints

Color #494699 mixed toward white.

#5e5bb4

#7e7cc3

#9e9dd2

#bfbde1

#dfdef0

Tones

Color #494699 mixed toward gray.

#4f4d92

#56548b

#5c5b84

#63627d

#696976

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.62:1

White text reads better on this background (8.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#48488b · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#484887 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#497e7a · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 24.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #494699;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494699]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#494699 (#494699) is rgb(73, 70, 153) in RGB.

No, #494699 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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