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Recognised as Colour

#494DC8

  • #494DC8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#494DC8 is a blue with RGB values 73, 77, 200 and HSL 238°, 54%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#494DC8#494DC8
HEX#494DC8
RGBrgb(73, 77, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.302, 0.7843
RGB percentages28.6%, 30.2%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(238.1, 53.6%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.1, 63.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK63.5%, 61.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,804,040
CSS custom property--colour: #494DC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10894WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.61:1
Contrast with white6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#B6B237

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Tritanopia#006C83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 9.1Royal blue · ΔE 13.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 13.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.8Medium purple · ΔE 21.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 9.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8C449
Analogous#498DC8, #8449C8
Triadic#C8494D, #4DC849
Split complementary#C88449, #8DC849
Tetradic#C8498D, #C8C449, #49C884

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6E6F7
Lighter +30%#BEC0EC
Lighter +20%#979AE0
Lighter +10%#7073D4
Darker −10%#3437AA
Darker −20%#282B83
Darker −30%#1C1E5C
Darker −40%#101135
More saturated +25%#2B31E6
Less saturated −25%#6769AA

Channel breakdown

R73
G77
B200
Red73 (28.6%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue238.11°
Saturation (HSL)53.59%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 4D · B C8

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