#4e505e

Color #4e505e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 8.27 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4e505e

RGB

rgb(78, 80, 94)

HSL

hsl(232.5, 9.3%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.5, 17%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(17%, 14.9%, 0%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(34.32, 2.49, -8.43)

LCH

lch(34.32, 8.79, 286.46)

OKLCH

oklch(43.5%, 0.0231, 278.97)

HWB

hwb(232.5, 30.6%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e5c4e

Analogous

#4e585e

#4e505e

#544e5e

Triadic

#4e505e

#5e4e50

#505e4e

Split-complementary

#4e505e

#5e544e

#585e4e

Tetradic

#4e505e

#5c4e5e

#5e5c4e

#505e4e

Square

#4e505e

#5e4e58

#5e5c4e

#4e5e54

Shades

Color #4e505e mixed toward black.

#41434e

#34353f

#27282f

#1a1b1f

#0d0d10

Tints

Color #4e505e mixed toward white.

#686a7d

#848699

#a3a5b2

#c1c3cc

#e0e1e5

Tones

Color #4e505e mixed toward gray.

#4f515d

#51525b

#52535a

#535459

#555557

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.63:1

White text reads better on this background (7.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4f5b · ΔE 1.3

Deuteranopia

#4f4f5a · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#4e5858 · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 7.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e505e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e505e]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#4e505e (#4e505e) is rgb(78, 80, 94) in RGB.

No, #4e505e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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