#495557

Color #495557

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 8.54 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#495557

RGB

rgb(73, 85, 87)

HSL

hsl(188.6, 8.8%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.6, 16.1%, 34.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.1%, 2.3%, 0%, 65.9%)

LAB

lab(35.21, -4.21, -2.75)

LCH

lch(35.21, 5.03, 213.15)

OKLCH

oklch(44%, 0.0155, 208.55)

HWB

hwb(188.6, 28.6%, 65.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#574b49

Analogous

#495752

#495557

#494e57

Triadic

#495557

#574955

#555749

Split-complementary

#495557

#57494e

#575249

Tetradic

#495557

#4b4957

#574b49

#555749

Square

#495557

#524957

#574b49

#4e5749

Shades

Color #495557 mixed toward black.

#3d4749

#31393a

#252b2c

#181c1d

#0c0e0f

Tints

Color #495557 mixed toward white.

#647477

#809295

#a0adaf

#c0c8ca

#dfe4e4

Tones

Color #495557 mixed toward gray.

#4a5456

#4b5355

#4d5354

#4e5252

#4f5151

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.72:1

White text reads better on this background (7.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4f57 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#4e4d56 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#4a5656 · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #495557;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#495557]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#495557 (#495557) is rgb(73, 85, 87) in RGB.

No, #495557 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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