Information about #493399 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A confidently colored blue, #493399 feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Divine Blue Purple (#3F3994). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Blue Magenta Violet (#553592) and Blue Gem (#4B3C8E).
In RGB terms — rgb(73, 51, 153) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #493399: 9.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #493399 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#493399 color variations
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#493399 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#493399 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#493399 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#493399 color hues
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#493399 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #493399 color
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Nearest named colors to #493399
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#3F3994
#553592
#4B3C8E
#464196
#483D8B
#3D3D90
#534491
#512888
#4F1E9E
#5B3E90
#4B1D8F
#353A8B
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#493399
- RGB73, 51, 153
- CMYK31, 40, 0, 40
- CSSrgb(73, 51, 153)
- HSL253°, 50%, 40%
- HSL Precise252.941°, 50%, 40%
- HSV253°, 67%, 60%
- HSB253°, 67%, 60%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.200
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.600
- GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.200, 0.600)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.200, 0.600, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.200, 0.600)
- Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB20%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB60%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID493399
- DECIMAL ID4797337
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
