#455259

Color #455259

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 6.04 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#455259

RGB

rgb(69, 82, 89)

HSL

hsl(201, 12.7%, 31%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201, 22.5%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(34.03, -3.35, -5.79)

LCH

lch(34.03, 6.69, 239.95)

OKLCH

oklch(43%, 0.0201, 231.25)

HWB

hwb(201, 27.1%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#594c45

Analogous

#455956

#455259

#454859

Triadic

#455259

#594552

#525945

Split-complementary

#455259

#594548

#595645

Tetradic

#455259

#4c4559

#594c45

#525945

Square

#455259

#564559

#594c45

#485945

Shades

Color #455259 mixed toward black.

#3a444a

#2e373b

#23292d

#171b1e

#0c0e0f

Tints

Color #455259 mixed toward white.

#5f717a

#7b8e99

#9caab2

#bdc7cc

#dee3e5

Tones

Color #455259 mixed toward gray.

#475257

#485156

#4a5154

#4c5052

#4d5051

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.6:1

White text reads better on this background (8.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b57 · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#4a4957 · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#465656 · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 6.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #455259;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#455259]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#455259 (#455259) is rgb(69, 82, 89) in RGB.

No, #455259 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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