#495c91

Color #495c91

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.69 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#495c91

RGB

rgb(73, 92, 145)

HSL

hsl(224.2, 33%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.2, 49.7%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.7%, 36.6%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(39.77, 8.21, -31.49)

LCH

lch(39.77, 32.54, 284.61)

OKLCH

oklch(48.4%, 0.0888, 268.06)

HWB

hwb(224.2, 28.6%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#917e49

Analogous

#498091

#495c91

#5a4991

Triadic

#495c91

#91495c

#5c9149

Split-complementary

#495c91

#915a49

#809149

Tetradic

#495c91

#7e4991

#917e49

#5c9149

Square

#495c91

#914980

#917e49

#49915a

Shades

Color #495c91 mixed toward black.

#3d4d79

#313d61

#242e48

#181f30

#0c0f18

Tints

Color #495c91 mixed toward white.

#5d72ad

#7d8ebe

#9eabce

#bec7de

#dfe3ef

Tones

Color #495c91 mixed toward gray.

#4f5f8b

#556285

#5b647f

#616779

#676a73

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.22:1

White text reads better on this background (6.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525287 · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#514f84 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#4a7e7b · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #495c91;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#495c91]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#495c91 (#495c91) is rgb(73, 92, 145) in RGB.

No, #495c91 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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