#494948

Color #494948

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.45 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-700 #404040 · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#494948

RGB

rgb(73, 73, 72)

HSL

hsl(60, 0.7%, 28.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 1.4%, 28.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.4%, 71.4%)

LAB

lab(31, -0.22, 0.6)

LCH

lch(31, 0.64, 110.14)

OKLCH

oklch(40.5%, 0.0017, 107.35)

HWB

hwb(60, 28.2%, 71.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#484849

Analogous

#494848

#494948

#484948

Triadic

#494948

#484949

#494849

Split-complementary

#494948

#484849

Tetradic

#494948

#484948

#484849

#494849

Square

#494948

#484948

#484849

#494848

Shades

Color #494948 mixed toward black.

#3d3d3c

#313130

#242424

#181818

#0c0c0c

Tints

Color #494948 mixed toward white.

#686866

#868684

#a4a4a3

#c3c3c2

#e1e1e0

Tones

Color #494948 mixed toward gray.

#494948

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.33:1

White text reads better on this background (9.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#494948 · ΔE 0

Deuteranopia

#494948 · ΔE 0

Tritanopia

#494848 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 0.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #494948;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494948]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#494948 (#494948) is rgb(73, 73, 72) in RGB.

No, #494948 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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