#474b42

Color #474b42

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 11.8 Nearest Tailwind class olive-700 #474739 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#474b42

RGB

rgb(71, 75, 66)

HSL

hsl(86.7, 6.4%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(86.7, 12%, 29.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 12%, 70.6%)

LAB

lab(31.27, -3.57, 4.81)

LCH

lch(31.27, 5.99, 126.58)

OKLCH

oklch(40.6%, 0.0156, 126.65)

HWB

hwb(86.7, 25.9%, 70.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#46424b

Analogous

#4b4a42

#474b42

#424b42

Triadic

#474b42

#42474b

#4b4247

Split-complementary

#474b42

#42424b

#4a424b

Tetradic

#474b42

#424b46

#46424b

#4b4247

Square

#474b42

#424b4a

#46424b

#4b4242

Shades

Color #474b42 mixed toward black.

#3b3e37

#2f322c

#232521

#181916

#0c0c0b

Tints

Color #474b42 mixed toward white.

#666c5f

#858c7c

#a3a99d

#c2c5be

#e0e2de

Tones

Color #474b42 mixed toward gray.

#474a43

#474943

#474944

#474845

#464746

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.35:1

White text reads better on this background (8.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#494944 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#494845 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#474646 · ΔE 6.8

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 6.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #474b42;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#474b42]

Related colors

Green Yellow #adff2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#474b42 (#474b42) is rgb(71, 75, 66) in RGB.

No, #474b42 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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