#4e4e57

Color #4e4e57

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 7.81 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4e4e57

RGB

rgb(78, 78, 87)

HSL

hsl(240, 5.5%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 10.3%, 34.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.3%, 10.3%, 0%, 65.9%)

LAB

lab(33.47, 2.04, -5.28)

LCH

lch(33.47, 5.66, 291.12)

OKLCH

oklch(42.7%, 0.0148, 285.73)

HWB

hwb(240, 30.6%, 65.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#57574e

Analogous

#4e5357

#4e4e57

#534e57

Triadic

#4e4e57

#574e4e

#4e574e

Split-complementary

#4e4e57

#57534e

#53574e

Tetradic

#4e4e57

#574e57

#57574e

#4e574e

Square

#4e4e57

#574e53

#57574e

#4e5753

Shades

Color #4e4e57 mixed toward black.

#414149

#34343a

#27272c

#1a1a1d

#0d0d0f

Tints

Color #4e4e57 mixed toward white.

#696975

#868692

#a4a4ae

#c2c2c9

#e1e1e4

Tones

Color #4e4e57 mixed toward gray.

#4f4f56

#505056

#505055

#515154

#525253

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.55:1

White text reads better on this background (8.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e55 · ΔE 1.1

Deuteranopia

#4e4e54 · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#4e5353 · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#4f4f4f · ΔE 5.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e4e57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e4e57]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e4e57 (#4e4e57) is rgb(78, 78, 87) in RGB.

No, #4e4e57 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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