#4a495a

Color #4a495a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 8.59 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4a495a

RGB

rgb(74, 73, 90)

HSL

hsl(243.5, 10.4%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.5, 18.9%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.8%, 18.9%, 0%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(31.71, 4.44, -9.86)

LCH

lch(31.71, 10.81, 294.24)

OKLCH

oklch(41.3%, 0.0281, 287.79)

HWB

hwb(243.5, 28.6%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#595a49

Analogous

#49515a

#4a495a

#53495a

Triadic

#4a495a

#5a4a49

#495a4a

Split-complementary

#4a495a

#5a5349

#515a49

Tetradic

#4a495a

#5a4959

#595a49

#495a4a

Square

#4a495a

#5a4951

#595a49

#495a53

Shades

Color #4a495a mixed toward black.

#3e3d4b

#31313c

#25252d

#19181e

#0c0c0f

Tints

Color #4a495a mixed toward white.

#64637a

#817f97

#a09fb1

#c0bfcb

#dfdfe5

Tones

Color #4a495a mixed toward gray.

#4b4b59

#4d4c57

#4e4d56

#4f4f54

#505053

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.39:1

White text reads better on this background (8.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a56 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#4a4a55 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#4a5352 · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 9.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a495a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a495a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4a495a (#4a495a) is rgb(74, 73, 90) in RGB.

No, #4a495a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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