#4949ff

Color #4949ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 19.84 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-600 #4f39f6 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4949ff

RGB

rgb(73, 73, 255)

HSL

hsl(240, 100%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 71.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.4%, 71.4%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(43.36, 56.51, -89.41)

LCH

lch(43.36, 105.77, 302.29)

OKLCH

oklch(53.6%, 0.259, 273.34)

HWB

hwb(240, 28.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffff49

Analogous

#49a4ff

#4949ff

#a449ff

Triadic

#4949ff

#ff4949

#49ff49

Split-complementary

#4949ff

#ffa449

#a4ff49

Tetradic

#4949ff

#ff49ff

#ffff49

#49ff49

Square

#4949ff

#ff49a4

#ffff49

#49ffa4

Shades

Color #4949ff mixed toward black.

#1212ff

#0000db

#0000a4

#00006d

#000037

Tints

Color #4949ff mixed toward white.

#6767ff

#8686ff

#a4a4ff

#c2c2ff

#e1e1ff

Tones

Color #4949ff mixed toward gray.

#5858f0

#6767e1

#7676d1

#8686c2

#9595b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.68:1

White text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4949e4 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#4949dd · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#49cbc5 · ΔE 48.1

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 31.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4949ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4949ff]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4949ff (#4949ff) is rgb(73, 73, 255) in RGB.

No, #4949ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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