#494b48

Color #494b48

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.15 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-600 #525252 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#494b48

RGB

rgb(73, 75, 72)

HSL

hsl(100, 2%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(100, 4%, 29.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 4%, 70.6%)

LAB

lab(31.62, -1.47, 1.5)

LCH

lch(31.62, 2.1, 134.42)

OKLCH

oklch(41%, 0.0055, 135)

HWB

hwb(100, 28.2%, 70.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4a484b

Analogous

#4a4b48

#494b48

#484b48

Triadic

#494b48

#48494b

#4b4849

Split-complementary

#494b48

#48484b

#4b484a

Tetradic

#494b48

#484b4a

#4a484b

#4b4849

Square

#494b48

#484a4b

#4a484b

#4b4848

Shades

Color #494b48 mixed toward black.

#3d3e3c

#313230

#242524

#181918

#0c0c0c

Tints

Color #494b48 mixed toward white.

#676a66

#858884

#a4a6a2

#c2c4c1

#e1e1e0

Tones

Color #494b48 mixed toward gray.

#494b48

#494a48

#494a49

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.38:1

White text reads better on this background (8.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a49 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#4a4a49 · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#494949 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 2.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #494b48;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494b48]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Frequently asked questions

#494b48 (#494b48) is rgb(73, 75, 72) in RGB.

No, #494b48 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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