#494c64

Color #494c64

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.25 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#494c64

RGB

rgb(73, 76, 100)

HSL

hsl(233.3, 15.6%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.3, 27%, 39.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(27%, 24%, 0%, 60.8%)

LAB

lab(32.93, 4.8, -14.37)

LCH

lch(32.93, 15.15, 288.47)

OKLCH

oklch(42.4%, 0.04, 279.06)

HWB

hwb(233.3, 28.6%, 60.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#646149

Analogous

#495964

#494c64

#534964

Triadic

#494c64

#64494c

#4c6449

Split-complementary

#494c64

#645349

#596449

Tetradic

#494c64

#614964

#646149

#4c6449

Square

#494c64

#644959

#646149

#496453

Shades

Color #494c64 mixed toward black.

#3d3f53

#313343

#242632

#181921

#0c0d11

Tints

Color #494c64 mixed toward white.

#616584

#7d81a0

#9ea1b8

#bec0d0

#dfe0e7

Tones

Color #494c64 mixed toward gray.

#4b4e62

#4d4f5f

#50515d

#52535b

#545559

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.5:1

White text reads better on this background (8.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a5f · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#4a4a5e · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#495b5a · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#4d4d4d · ΔE 11.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #494c64;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494c64]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#494c64 (#494c64) is rgb(73, 76, 100) in RGB.

No, #494c64 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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