#4e5b68

Color #4e5b68

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.81 Nearest Tailwind class gray-600 #4a5565 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4e5b68

RGB

rgb(78, 91, 104)

HSL

hsl(210, 14.3%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 25%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(25%, 12.5%, 0%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(38.02, -1.79, -9.11)

LCH

lch(38.02, 9.28, 258.88)

OKLCH

oklch(46.5%, 0.0267, 248.44)

HWB

hwb(210, 30.6%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#685b4e

Analogous

#4e6868

#4e5b68

#4e4e68

Triadic

#4e5b68

#684e5b

#5b684e

Split-complementary

#4e5b68

#684e4e

#68684e

Tetradic

#4e5b68

#5b4e68

#685b4e

#5b684e

Square

#4e5b68

#684e68

#685b4e

#4e684e

Shades

Color #4e5b68 mixed toward black.

#414c57

#343d45

#272e34

#1a1e23

#0d0f11

Tints

Color #4e5b68 mixed toward white.

#657687

#8292a1

#a1adb9

#c1c8d0

#e0e4e8

Tones

Color #4e5b68 mixed toward gray.

#505b66

#525b64

#555b62

#575b5f

#595b5d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.02:1

White text reads better on this background (6.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#545465 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#535264 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#4f6362 · ΔE 9.4

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 7.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e5b68;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e5b68]

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#4e5b68 (#4e5b68) is rgb(78, 91, 104) in RGB.

No, #4e5b68 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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