#455859

Color #455859

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 6.67 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#455859

RGB

rgb(69, 88, 89)

HSL

hsl(183, 12.7%, 31%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183, 22.5%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(35.92, -7, -2.99)

LCH

lch(35.92, 7.61, 203.13)

OKLCH

oklch(44.5%, 0.0233, 200.3)

HWB

hwb(183, 27.1%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#594645

Analogous

#455950

#455859

#454e59

Triadic

#455859

#594558

#585945

Split-complementary

#455859

#59454e

#595045

Tetradic

#455859

#464559

#594645

#585945

Square

#455859

#504559

#594645

#4e5945

Shades

Color #455859 mixed toward black.

#3a494a

#2e3b3b

#232c2d

#171d1e

#0c0f0f

Tints

Color #455859 mixed toward white.

#5f797a

#7b9799

#9cb1b2

#bdcbcc

#dee5e5

Tones

Color #455859 mixed toward gray.

#475757

#485556

#4a5454

#4c5252

#4d5151

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.79:1

White text reads better on this background (7.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e59 · ΔE 12.3

Deuteranopia

#4d4b59 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#465959 · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 8.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #455859;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#455859]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#455859 (#455859) is rgb(69, 88, 89) in RGB.

No, #455859 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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