#496edb

Color #496edb

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 6.97 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#496edb

RGB

rgb(73, 110, 219)

HSL

hsl(224.8, 67%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.8, 66.7%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.7%, 49.8%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(49.11, 22.14, -59.79)

LCH

lch(49.11, 63.76, 290.32)

OKLCH

oklch(56.9%, 0.1718, 266.8)

HWB

hwb(224.8, 28.6%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbb649

Analogous

#49b7db

#496edb

#6d49db

Triadic

#496edb

#db496e

#6edb49

Split-complementary

#496edb

#db6d49

#b7db49

Tetradic

#496edb

#b649db

#dbb649

#6edb49

Square

#496edb

#db49b7

#dbb649

#49db6d

Shades

Color #496edb mixed toward black.

#2852cb

#2041a3

#18317a

#102151

#081029

Tints

Color #496edb mixed toward white.

#6786e1

#869ee7

#a4b7ed

#c2cff3

#e1e7f9

Tones

Color #496edb mixed toward gray.

#5574cf

#617ac3

#6e80b7

#7a86aa

#868c9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.54:1

White text reads better on this background (4.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5cc8 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#5956c3 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#4bb6b2 · ΔE 36.5

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 26.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #496edb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#496edb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Navy #000080

Frequently asked questions

#496edb (#496edb) is rgb(73, 110, 219) in RGB.

No, #496edb 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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