#494952

Color #494952

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 6.62 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#494952

RGB

rgb(73, 73, 82)

HSL

hsl(240, 5.8%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 11%, 32.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11%, 11%, 0%, 67.8%)

LAB

lab(31.33, 2.07, -5.34)

LCH

lch(31.33, 5.73, 291.19)

OKLCH

oklch(40.9%, 0.0149, 285.52)

HWB

hwb(240, 28.6%, 67.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#525249

Analogous

#494e52

#494952

#4e4952

Triadic

#494952

#524949

#495249

Split-complementary

#494952

#524e49

#4e5249

Tetradic

#494952

#524952

#525249

#495249

Square

#494952

#52494e

#525249

#49524e

Shades

Color #494952 mixed toward black.

#3d3d44

#313137

#252529

#18181b

#0c0c0e

Tints

Color #494952 mixed toward white.

#656571

#828290

#a1a1ab

#c0c0c7

#e0e0e3

Tones

Color #494952 mixed toward gray.

#4a4a51

#4b4b51

#4b4b50

#4c4c4f

#4d4d4e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.36:1

White text reads better on this background (8.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#494950 · ΔE 1.1

Deuteranopia

#49494f · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#494e4e · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 5.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #494952;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494952]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#494952 (#494952) is rgb(73, 73, 82) in RGB.

No, #494952 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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