#494557

Color #494557

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.57 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#494557

RGB

rgb(73, 69, 87)

HSL

hsl(253.3, 11.5%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.3, 20.7%, 34.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 65.9%)

LAB

lab(30.31, 5.88, -10.08)

LCH

lch(30.31, 11.67, 300.26)

OKLCH

oklch(40.1%, 0.0303, 295.21)

HWB

hwb(253.3, 27.1%, 65.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#535745

Analogous

#454a57

#494557

#524557

Triadic

#494557

#574945

#455749

Split-complementary

#494557

#575245

#4a5745

Tetradic

#494557

#574553

#535745

#455749

Square

#494557

#57454a

#535745

#455752

Shades

Color #494557 mixed toward black.

#3d3a49

#312e3a

#25232c

#18171d

#0c0c0f

Tints

Color #494557 mixed toward white.

#655f78

#817b97

#a19cb1

#c0bdcb

#e0dee5

Tones

Color #494557 mixed toward gray.

#4a4756

#4b4854

#4c4a53

#4c4b51

#4d4d50

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.27:1

White text reads better on this background (9.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#474753 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#484852 · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#49504f · ΔE 13.4

Achromatopsia

#474747 · ΔE 10.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #494557;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494557]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#494557 (#494557) is rgb(73, 69, 87) in RGB.

No, #494557 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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