#497da2

Color #497da2

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 7.76 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#497da2

RGB

rgb(73, 125, 162)

HSL

hsl(204.9, 37.9%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.9, 54.9%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.9%, 22.8%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(50.32, -6.39, -25.1)

LCH

lch(50.32, 25.9, 255.72)

OKLCH

oklch(56.9%, 0.0801, 241.1)

HWB

hwb(204.9, 28.6%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a26e49

Analogous

#49a29b

#497da2

#4951a2

Triadic

#497da2

#a2497d

#7da249

Split-complementary

#497da2

#a24951

#a29b49

Tetradic

#497da2

#6e49a2

#a26e49

#7da249

Square

#497da2

#9b49a2

#a26e49

#51a249

Shades

Color #497da2 mixed toward black.

#3d6887

#31536c

#253f51

#182a36

#0c151b

Tints

Color #497da2 mixed toward white.

#6194b8

#81a9c6

#a0bfd4

#c0d4e3

#dfeaf1

Tones

Color #497da2 mixed toward gray.

#507c9b

#587b93

#5f798c

#677884

#6e777d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#64649a · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#615c98 · ΔE 17.2

Tritanopia

#4d9392 · ΔE 17.7

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #497da2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#497da2]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#497da2 (#497da2) is rgb(73, 125, 162) in RGB.

No, #497da2 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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