#495ba4

Color #495ba4

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.6 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#495ba4

RGB

rgb(73, 91, 164)

HSL

hsl(228.1, 38.4%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.1, 55.5%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.5%, 44.5%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(40.54, 15.15, -41.65)

LCH

lch(40.54, 44.32, 289.99)

OKLCH

oklch(49.3%, 0.1184, 271.06)

HWB

hwb(228.1, 28.6%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a49249

Analogous

#4989a4

#495ba4

#6549a4

Triadic

#495ba4

#a4495b

#5ba449

Split-complementary

#495ba4

#a46549

#89a449

Tetradic

#495ba4

#9249a4

#a49249

#5ba449

Square

#495ba4

#a44989

#a49249

#49a465

Shades

Color #495ba4 mixed toward black.

#3d4c89

#313d6d

#252e52

#181e37

#0c0f1b

Tints

Color #495ba4 mixed toward white.

#6273b9

#818fc7

#a1abd5

#c0c7e3

#e0e3f1

Tones

Color #495ba4 mixed toward gray.

#51609d

#586495

#60698d

#676d86

#6f727e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.32:1

White text reads better on this background (6.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515296 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#504f93 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#4a8a88 · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #495ba4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#495ba4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#495ba4 (#495ba4) is rgb(73, 91, 164) in RGB.

No, #495ba4 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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