#496d8a

Color #496d8a

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.75 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#496d8a

RGB

rgb(73, 109, 138)

HSL

hsl(206.8, 30.8%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.8, 47.1%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.1%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(44.5, -4.48, -19.93)

LCH

lch(44.5, 20.43, 257.33)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.0618, 243.68)

HWB

hwb(206.8, 28.6%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a6649

Analogous

#498a87

#496d8a

#494d8a

Triadic

#496d8a

#8a496d

#6d8a49

Split-complementary

#496d8a

#8a494d

#8a8749

Tetradic

#496d8a

#66498a

#8a6649

#6d8a49

Square

#496d8a

#87498a

#8a6649

#4d8a49

Shades

Color #496d8a mixed toward black.

#3d5b73

#31495c

#253745

#18242e

#0c1217

Tints

Color #496d8a mixed toward white.

#5c87a9

#7d9fba

#9db7cb

#becfdd

#dee7ee

Tones

Color #496d8a mixed toward gray.

#4e6c85

#546c7f

#596b7a

#5f6b74

#646a6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.84:1

White text reads better on this background (5.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b84 · ΔE 13.8

Deuteranopia

#595682 · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#4b7e7d · ΔE 15.9

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 14.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #496d8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#496d8a]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Charcoal #36454f

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Frequently asked questions

#496d8a (#496d8a) is rgb(73, 109, 138) in RGB.

No, #496d8a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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