#4e4850

Color #4e4850

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.06 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4e4850

RGB

rgb(78, 72, 80)

HSL

hsl(285, 5.3%, 29.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(285, 10%, 31.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.5%, 10%, 0%, 68.6%)

LAB

lab(31.43, 4.23, -3.85)

LCH

lch(31.43, 5.72, 317.69)

OKLCH

oklch(41%, 0.0153, 317.65)

HWB

hwb(285, 28.2%, 68.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4a5048

Analogous

#4a4850

#4e4850

#50484e

Triadic

#4e4850

#504e48

#48504e

Split-complementary

#4e4850

#4e5048

#48504a

Tetradic

#4e4850

#50484a

#4a5048

#48504e

Square

#4e4850

#504a48

#4a5048

#484e50

Shades

Color #4e4850 mixed toward black.

#413c43

#343035

#272428

#1a181b

#0d0c0d

Tints

Color #4e4850 mixed toward white.

#6d646f

#8b818e

#a8a1aa

#c5c0c6

#e2e0e3

Tones

Color #4e4850 mixed toward gray.

#4e494f

#4d494f

#4d4a4e

#4d4b4d

#4c4b4d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.37:1

White text reads better on this background (8.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b4e · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#4c4c4e · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#4e4d4c · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 6.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e4850;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e4850]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Frequently asked questions

#4e4850 (#4e4850) is rgb(78, 72, 80) in RGB.

No, #4e4850 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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