#484959

Color #484959

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 7.54 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#484959

RGB

rgb(72, 73, 89)

HSL

hsl(236.5, 10.6%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.5, 19.1%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.1%, 18%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(31.5, 3.43, -9.57)

LCH

lch(31.5, 10.17, 289.72)

OKLCH

oklch(41.1%, 0.0266, 282.37)

HWB

hwb(236.5, 28.2%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#595848

Analogous

#485259

#484959

#504859

Triadic

#484959

#594849

#495948

Split-complementary

#484959

#595048

#525948

Tetradic

#484959

#584859

#595848

#495948

Square

#484959

#594852

#595848

#485950

Shades

Color #484959 mixed toward black.

#3c3d4a

#30313b

#24252d

#18181e

#0c0c0f

Tints

Color #484959 mixed toward white.

#626379

#7e8097

#9fa0b1

#bfbfcb

#dfdfe5

Tones

Color #484959 mixed toward gray.

#494a58

#4b4c56

#4c4d55

#4e4e53

#4f4f52

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.37:1

White text reads better on this background (8.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#484855 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#484855 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#485352 · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 8.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #484959;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#484959]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#484959 (#484959) is rgb(72, 73, 89) in RGB.

No, #484959 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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