#495aaa

Color #495aaa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 13.13 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#495aaa

RGB

rgb(73, 90, 170)

HSL

hsl(229.5, 39.9%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.5, 57.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.1%, 47.1%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(40.62, 17.82, -45.07)

LCH

lch(40.62, 48.47, 291.57)

OKLCH

oklch(49.5%, 0.1286, 271.92)

HWB

hwb(229.5, 28.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa9949

Analogous

#498aaa

#495aaa

#6849aa

Triadic

#495aaa

#aa495a

#5aaa49

Split-complementary

#495aaa

#aa6849

#8aaa49

Tetradic

#495aaa

#9949aa

#aa9949

#5aaa49

Square

#495aaa

#aa498a

#aa9949

#49aa68

Shades

Color #495aaa mixed toward black.

#3d4b8e

#313c71

#242d55

#181e39

#0c0f1c

Tints

Color #495aaa mixed toward white.

#6373bc

#828fc9

#a2abd7

#c1c7e4

#e0e3f2

Tones

Color #495aaa mixed toward gray.

#515fa2

#59649a

#616a92

#696f8a

#717481

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.33:1

White text reads better on this background (6.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#51519b · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#504f98 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#4a8e8b · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #495aaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#495aaa]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#495aaa (#495aaa) is rgb(73, 90, 170) in RGB.

No, #495aaa 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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