#494b4a

Color #494b4a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.17 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-600 #525252 · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#494b4a

RGB

rgb(73, 75, 74)

HSL

hsl(150, 1.4%, 29%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(150, 2.7%, 29.4%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(31.68, -1.04, 0.31)

LCH

lch(31.68, 1.09, 163.4)

OKLCH

oklch(41.1%, 0.0031, 165.07)

HWB

hwb(150, 28.6%, 70.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4b494a

Analogous

#494b49

#494b4a

#494b4b

Triadic

#494b4a

#4a494b

#4b4a49

Split-complementary

#494b4a

#4b494b

#4b4949

Tetradic

#494b4a

#494a4b

#4b494a

#4b4a49

Square

#494b4a

#49494b

#4b494a

#4b4b49

Shades

Color #494b4a mixed toward black.

#3d3e3e

#313231

#242525

#181919

#0c0c0c

Tints

Color #494b4a mixed toward white.

#676a68

#858886

#a3a6a4

#c2c3c3

#e0e1e1

Tones

Color #494b4a mixed toward gray.

#494b4a

#494a4a

#4a4a4a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.39:1

White text reads better on this background (8.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#494a4a · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 1.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #494b4a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494b4a]

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Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#494b4a (#494b4a) is rgb(73, 75, 74) in RGB.

No, #494b4a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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