Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#494C58

  • #494C58
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#494C58 is a blue with RGB values 73, 76, 88 and HSL 228°, 9%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#494C58#494C58
HEX#494C58
RGBrgb(73, 76, 88)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.298, 0.3451
RGB percentages28.6%, 29.8%, 34.5%
HSLhsl(228, 9.3%, 31.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228, 17%, 34.5%)
CMYK17%, 13.6%, 0%, 65.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,803,672
CSS custom property--colour: #494C58;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0729WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.54:1
Contrast with white8.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#B6B3A7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#494D59no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#484C58no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#464E50no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.9Dim grey · ΔE 14.2Slate grey · ΔE 21Gray · ΔE 22.5Light slate grey · ΔE 24.1Steel blue · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 13.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#585549
Analogous#495458, #4E4958
Triadic#58494C, #4C5849
Split complementary#584E49, #545849
Tetradic#584954, #585549, #49584E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0B2BD
Lighter +30%#9498A6
Lighter +20%#787D8F
Lighter +10%#606474
Darker −10%#32343C
Darker −20%#1B1C20
Darker −30%#040404
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#35406C
Less saturated −25%#515151

Channel breakdown

R73
G76
B88
Red73 (28.6%)
Green76 (29.8%)
Blue88 (34.5%)
Hue228°
Saturation (HSL)9.32%
Lightness31.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 4C · B 58

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “494c58” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.