Information about #494479 color

#494479 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#494479 falls into the Blue Color Family — Mild Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(73, 68, 121) — 28.6% red, 26.7% green, 47.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 19 / 21 / 0 / 53. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #494479 reads as a softly balanced deep-sea blue and holds a balanced mid-tone. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Fairground (#483A79). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Night Moves (#454C73) and Fascinator (#4F4081).

The recipe behind #494479 is rgb(73, 68, 121), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #494479: 8.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #494479 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#494479 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#494479 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.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

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.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #494479

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Fairground color link
Fairground

#483A79

Night Moves color link
Night Moves

#454C73

Fascinator color link
Fascinator

#4F4081

Magik color link
Magik

#3E4C7A

Purple Haze color link
Purple Haze

#4E387E

Wave Rider color link
Wave Rider

#413F6E

Takaka color link
Takaka

#3D4D78

Quayside color link
Quayside

#424F71

Cyber Grape color link
Cyber Grape

#58427C

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#494479
  • RGB73, 68, 121
  • CMYK19, 21, 0, 53
  • CSSrgb(73, 68, 121)
  • HSL246°, 28%, 37%
  • HSL Precise245.66°, 28.042%, 37.059%
  • HSV246°, 44%, 47%
  • HSB246°, 44%, 47%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.267
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.475
  • GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.267, 0.475)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.267, 0.475, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.267, 0.475)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB26.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB47.5%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID494479
  • DECIMAL ID4801657
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01