#49434e

Color #49434e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 8.59 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-700 #3f3f46 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#49434e

RGB

rgb(73, 67, 78)

HSL

hsl(272.7, 7.6%, 28.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(272.7, 14.1%, 30.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.4%, 14.1%, 0%, 69.4%)

LAB

lab(29.36, 4.98, -5.68)

LCH

lch(29.36, 7.55, 311.24)

OKLCH

oklch(39.3%, 0.0199, 309.69)

HWB

hwb(272.7, 26.3%, 69.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#484e43

Analogous

#43434e

#49434e

#4e434d

Triadic

#49434e

#4e4943

#434e49

Split-complementary

#49434e

#4d4e43

#434e43

Tetradic

#49434e

#4e4348

#484e43

#434e49

Square

#49434e

#4e4343

#484e43

#434d4e

Shades

Color #49434e mixed toward black.

#3d3841

#312d34

#242127

#18161a

#0c0b0d

Tints

Color #49434e mixed toward white.

#685f6f

#867c8f

#a49dab

#c3bec7

#e1dee3

Tones

Color #49434e mixed toward gray.

#49444d

#49454c

#49464b

#49474a

#494849

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.2:1

White text reads better on this background (9.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#46464c · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#47474b · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#494949 · ΔE 7.9

Achromatopsia

#454545 · ΔE 7.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #49434e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#49434e]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#49434e (#49434e) is rgb(73, 67, 78) in RGB.

No, #49434e 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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