#474a53

Color #474a53

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 5.63 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#474a53

RGB

rgb(71, 74, 83)

HSL

hsl(225, 7.8%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 14.5%, 32.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 67.5%)

LAB

lab(31.49, 0.9, -5.75)

LCH

lch(31.49, 5.82, 278.9)

OKLCH

oklch(41%, 0.0155, 271.11)

HWB

hwb(225, 27.8%, 67.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#535047

Analogous

#475053

#474a53

#4a4753

Triadic

#474a53

#53474a

#4a5347

Split-complementary

#474a53

#534a47

#505347

Tetradic

#474a53

#504753

#535047

#4a5347

Square

#474a53

#534750

#535047

#47534a

Shades

Color #474a53 mixed toward black.

#3b3e45

#2f3137

#24252a

#18191c

#0c0c0e

Tints

Color #474a53 mixed toward white.

#626773

#7f8492

#9fa3ad

#bfc1c8

#dfe0e4

Tones

Color #474a53 mixed toward gray.

#484b52

#494b51

#4a4c50

#4b4c4f

#4c4d4e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.37:1

White text reads better on this background (8.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#484851 · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#484850 · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#474f4f · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 5.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #474a53;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#474a53]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#474a53 (#474a53) is rgb(71, 74, 83) in RGB.

No, #474a53 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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