#4e5857

Color #4e5857

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.93 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4e5857

RGB

rgb(78, 88, 87)

HSL

hsl(174, 6%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174, 11.4%, 34.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 65.5%)

LAB

lab(36.53, -4.14, -0.76)

LCH

lch(36.53, 4.21, 190.4)

OKLCH

oklch(45.1%, 0.0127, 189.54)

HWB

hwb(174, 30.6%, 65.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#584e4f

Analogous

#4e5852

#4e5857

#4e5458

Triadic

#4e5857

#574e58

#58574e

Split-complementary

#4e5857

#584e54

#58524e

Tetradic

#4e5857

#4e4f58

#584e4f

#58574e

Square

#4e5857

#524e58

#584e4f

#54584e

Shades

Color #4e5857 mixed toward black.

#414948

#343b3a

#272c2b

#1a1d1d

#0d0f0e

Tints

Color #4e5857 mixed toward white.

#697675

#859392

#a4aead

#c2c9c8

#e1e4e4

Tones

Color #4e5857 mixed toward gray.

#4f5756

#505656

#505555

#515554

#525454

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.86:1

White text reads better on this background (7.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#535357 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#525157 · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#4f5757 · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 5.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e5857;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e5857]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4e5857 (#4e5857) is rgb(78, 88, 87) in RGB.

No, #4e5857 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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