#495df0

Color #495df0

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 12.21 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#495df0

RGB

rgb(73, 93, 240)

HSL

hsl(232.8, 84.8%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.8, 69.6%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.6%, 61.2%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(46.36, 39.99, -76.09)

LCH

lch(46.36, 85.96, 297.72)

OKLCH

oklch(55.3%, 0.2198, 271.23)

HWB

hwb(232.8, 28.6%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f0dc49

Analogous

#49b1f0

#495df0

#8949f0

Triadic

#495df0

#f0495d

#5df049

Split-complementary

#495df0

#f08949

#b1f049

Tetradic

#495df0

#dc49f0

#f0dc49

#5df049

Square

#495df0

#f049b1

#f0dc49

#49f089

Shades

Color #495df0 mixed toward black.

#1932ec

#1025c1

#0c1c91

#081360

#040930

Tints

Color #495df0 mixed toward white.

#6778f3

#8693f5

#a4aef8

#c2c9fa

#e1e4fd

Tones

Color #495df0 mixed toward gray.

#5768e2

#6572d4

#737dc6

#8187b8

#8f92aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.11:1

White text reads better on this background (5.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5253d8 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#5150d2 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#4ac2bd · ΔE 43

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 29.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #495df0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#495df0]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#495df0 (#495df0) is rgb(73, 93, 240) in RGB.

No, #495df0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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