#495251

Color #495251

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 8.96 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#495251

RGB

rgb(73, 82, 81)

HSL

hsl(173.3, 5.8%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.3, 11%, 32.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(11%, 0%, 1.2%, 67.8%)

LAB

lab(34.08, -3.8, -0.63)

LCH

lch(34.08, 3.85, 189.41)

OKLCH

oklch(43%, 0.0116, 188.41)

HWB

hwb(173.3, 28.6%, 67.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#52494a

Analogous

#49524d

#495251

#494f52

Triadic

#495251

#514952

#525149

Split-complementary

#495251

#52494f

#524d49

Tetradic

#495251

#494a52

#52494a

#525149

Square

#495251

#4d4952

#52494a

#4f5249

Shades

Color #495251 mixed toward black.

#3d4444

#313736

#252929

#181b1b

#0c0e0e

Tints

Color #495251 mixed toward white.

#657170

#82908e

#a1abaa

#c0c7c7

#e0e3e3

Tones

Color #495251 mixed toward gray.

#4a5150

#4b5150

#4b504f

#4c4f4f

#4d4e4e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.61:1

White text reads better on this background (8.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4d51 · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#4d4c51 · ΔE 7.6

Tritanopia

#495151 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 5.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #495251;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#495251]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#495251 (#495251) is rgb(73, 82, 81) in RGB.

No, #495251 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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