#494249

Color #494249

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark magenta.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.12 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-700 #3f3f46 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#494249

RGB

rgb(73, 66, 73)

HSL

hsl(300, 5%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 9.6%, 28.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 0%, 71.4%)

LAB

lab(28.89, 4.48, -3.15)

LCH

lch(28.89, 5.48, 324.89)

OKLCH

oklch(38.9%, 0.0149, 325.67)

HWB

hwb(300, 25.9%, 71.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#424942

Analogous

#464249

#494249

#494246

Triadic

#494249

#494942

#424949

Split-complementary

#494249

#464942

#424946

Tetradic

#494249

#494242

#424942

#424949

Square

#494249

#494642

#424942

#424649

Shades

Color #494249 mixed toward black.

#3d373d

#312c31

#252125

#181618

#0c0b0c

Tints

Color #494249 mixed toward white.

#6a5f6a

#8a7d8a

#a79ea7

#c4bec4

#e2dfe2

Tones

Color #494249 mixed toward gray.

#494349

#484348

#474447

#464546

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.16:1

White text reads better on this background (9.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#464647 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#464747 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#494646 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 6.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #494249;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494249]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#494249 (#494249) is rgb(73, 66, 73) in RGB.

No, #494249 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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