#49444d

Color #49444d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 8.16 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-700 #3f3f46 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#49444d

RGB

rgb(73, 68, 77)

HSL

hsl(273.3, 6.2%, 28.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(273.3, 11.7%, 30.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 69.8%)

LAB

lab(29.63, 4.1, -4.64)

LCH

lch(29.63, 6.19, 311.46)

OKLCH

oklch(39.5%, 0.0162, 310.26)

HWB

hwb(273.3, 26.7%, 69.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#484d44

Analogous

#44444d

#49444d

#4d444c

Triadic

#49444d

#4d4944

#444d49

Split-complementary

#49444d

#4c4d44

#444d44

Tetradic

#49444d

#4d4448

#484d44

#444d49

Square

#49444d

#4d4444

#484d44

#444c4d

Shades

Color #49444d mixed toward black.

#3d3940

#312d33

#242226

#18171a

#0c0b0d

Tints

Color #49444d mixed toward white.

#68606d

#867e8d

#a49ea9

#c3bec6

#e1dfe2

Tones

Color #49444d mixed toward gray.

#49454c

#49454b

#49464b

#49474a

#494849

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.22:1

White text reads better on this background (9.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#47474b · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#47484a · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#494949 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#464646 · ΔE 6.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #49444d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#49444d]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#49444d (#49444d) is rgb(73, 68, 77) in RGB.

No, #49444d 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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