Information about #495CEE color
Basic facts about this digital color
#495CEE is a strongly colored deep-sea blue that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Brilliant Phthalo Blue (#5164E7). Slightly further away sit Ultramarine Blue (#4166F5) and Brilliant Blue (#5151E7).
In RGB terms — rgb(73, 92, 238) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 5.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #495CEE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#495CEE color variations
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#495CEE color tints
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#495CEE color shades
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#495CEE color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#495CEE color hues
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#495CEE 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 #495CEE color
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Nearest named colors to #495CEE
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#5164E7
#4166F5
#5151E7
#3C69E7
#4B57DB
#4666FF
#404DFF
#3369E8
#4E76E5
#5177E7
#4B61D1
#6451E7
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#495CEE
- RGB73, 92, 238
- CMYK65, 57, 0, 7
- CSSrgb(73, 92, 238)
- HSL233°, 83%, 61%
- HSL Precise233.091°, 82.915%, 60.98%
- HSV233°, 69%, 93%
- HSB233°, 69%, 93%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.361
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.933
- GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.361, 0.933)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.361, 0.933, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.361, 0.933)
- Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB36.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB93.3%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID495CEE
- DECIMAL ID4807918
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers4 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
