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Recognised as Colour

#495B68

  • #495B68
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#495B68 is a blue with RGB values 73, 91, 104 and HSL 205°, 18%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#495B68#495B68
HEX#495B68
RGBrgb(73, 91, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.3569, 0.4078
RGB percentages28.6%, 35.7%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(205.2, 17.5%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.2, 29.8%, 40.8%)
CMYK29.8%, 12.5%, 0%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,807,528
CSS custom property--colour: #495B68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09898WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness87.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.05:1
Contrast with white7.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#B6A497

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#555B69no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#515768no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#405E5Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 12Dim grey · ΔE 12.3Slate grey · ΔE 15.3Light slate grey · ΔE 18.4Gray · ΔE 19Steel blue · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 12.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#685649
Analogous#496865, #494C68
Triadic#68495B, #5B6849
Split complementary#68494C, #686549
Tetradic#654968, #685649, #4C6849

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B3C0CA
Lighter +30%#95A8B5
Lighter +20%#778FA0
Lighter +10%#5E7586
Darker −10%#34414A
Darker −20%#1F272C
Darker −30%#0A0C0E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#335F7E
Less saturated −25%#595959

Channel breakdown

R73
G91
B104
Red73 (28.6%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue205.16°
Saturation (HSL)17.51%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G 5B · B 68

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