#4b485e

Color #4b485e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.22 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4b485e

RGB

rgb(75, 72, 94)

HSL

hsl(248.2, 13.3%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.2, 23.4%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(31.67, 6.48, -12.48)

LCH

lch(31.67, 14.06, 297.44)

OKLCH

oklch(41.3%, 0.0365, 291.01)

HWB

hwb(248.2, 28.2%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5b5e48

Analogous

#48505e

#4b485e

#56485e

Triadic

#4b485e

#5e4b48

#485e4b

Split-complementary

#4b485e

#5e5648

#505e48

Tetradic

#4b485e

#5e485b

#5b5e48

#485e4b

Square

#4b485e

#5e4850

#5b5e48

#485e56

Shades

Color #4b485e mixed toward black.

#3e3c4e

#32303f

#25242f

#19181f

#0c0c10

Tints

Color #4b485e mixed toward white.

#65617e

#817d9c

#a19db4

#c0becd

#e0dee6

Tones

Color #4b485e mixed toward gray.

#4c4a5c

#4e4c5a

#4f4d58

#504f57

#525155

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.39:1

White text reads better on this background (8.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a59 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#4a4a58 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#4b5554 · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 11.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b485e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b485e]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#4b485e (#4b485e) is rgb(75, 72, 94) in RGB.

No, #4b485e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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