#4a495b

Color #4a495b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 8.97 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#4a495b

RGB

rgb(74, 73, 91)

HSL

hsl(243.3, 11%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.3, 19.8%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(31.75, 4.69, -10.44)

LCH

lch(31.75, 11.45, 294.19)

OKLCH

oklch(41.3%, 0.0298, 287.58)

HWB

hwb(243.3, 28.6%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a5b49

Analogous

#49515b

#4a495b

#53495b

Triadic

#4a495b

#5b4a49

#495b4a

Split-complementary

#4a495b

#5b5349

#515b49

Tetradic

#4a495b

#5b495a

#5a5b49

#495b4a

Square

#4a495b

#5b4951

#5a5b49

#495b53

Shades

Color #4a495b mixed toward black.

#3e3d4c

#31313d

#25252e

#19181e

#0c0c0f

Tints

Color #4a495b mixed toward white.

#64637b

#807f98

#a09fb2

#c0bfcc

#dfdfe5

Tones

Color #4a495b mixed toward gray.

#4b4b5a

#4d4c58

#4e4e57

#4f4f55

#515154

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.4:1

White text reads better on this background (8.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a57 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#4a4a56 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#4a5453 · ΔE 13.5

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 9.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a495b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a495b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4a495b (#4a495b) is rgb(74, 73, 91) in RGB.

No, #4a495b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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