#494d5e

Color #494d5e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 7.82 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#494d5e

RGB

rgb(73, 77, 94)

HSL

hsl(228.6, 12.6%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.6, 22.3%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(32.99, 2.55, -10.48)

LCH

lch(32.99, 10.79, 283.68)

OKLCH

oklch(42.3%, 0.0287, 274.8)

HWB

hwb(228.6, 28.6%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e5a49

Analogous

#49575e

#494d5e

#4f495e

Triadic

#494d5e

#5e494d

#4d5e49

Split-complementary

#494d5e

#5e4f49

#575e49

Tetradic

#494d5e

#5a495e

#5e5a49

#4d5e49

Square

#494d5e

#5e4957

#5e5a49

#495e4f

Shades

Color #494d5e mixed toward black.

#3d404e

#31333f

#24262f

#181a1f

#0c0d10

Tints

Color #494d5e mixed toward white.

#62677e

#7e849b

#9ea2b4

#bfc1cd

#dfe0e6

Tones

Color #494d5e mixed toward gray.

#4b4e5c

#4c4f5a

#4e5059

#505157

#525255

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.51:1

White text reads better on this background (8.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b5a · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#4b4a59 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#495756 · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 8.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #494d5e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494d5e]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#494d5e (#494d5e) is rgb(73, 77, 94) in RGB.

No, #494d5e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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