#494a4b

Color #494a4b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 8.4 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-600 #525252 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#494a4b

RGB

rgb(73, 74, 75)

HSL

hsl(210, 1.4%, 29%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 2.7%, 29.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 70.6%)

LAB

lab(31.4, -0.19, -0.74)

LCH

lch(31.4, 0.76, 255.6)

OKLCH

oklch(40.8%, 0.0022, 248.2)

HWB

hwb(210, 28.6%, 70.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4b4a49

Analogous

#494b4b

#494a4b

#49494b

Triadic

#494a4b

#4b494a

#4a4b49

Split-complementary

#494a4b

#4b4949

#4b4b49

Tetradic

#494a4b

#4a494b

#4b4a49

#4a4b49

Square

#494a4b

#4b494b

#4b4a49

#494b49

Shades

Color #494a4b mixed toward black.

#3d3e3e

#313132

#242525

#181919

#0c0c0c

Tints

Color #494a4b mixed toward white.

#67686a

#858688

#a3a4a6

#c2c3c3

#e0e1e1

Tones

Color #494a4b mixed toward gray.

#494a4b

#494a4a

#4a4a4a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.36:1

White text reads better on this background (8.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#49494b · ΔE 1.1

Deuteranopia

#49494b · ΔE 1.1

Tritanopia

#494b4b · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 0.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #494a4b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494a4b]

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Frequently asked questions

#494a4b (#494a4b) is rgb(73, 74, 75) in RGB.

No, #494a4b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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