#494858

Color #494858

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 8.08 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#494858

RGB

rgb(73, 72, 88)

HSL

hsl(243.8, 10%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.8, 18.2%, 34.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(17%, 18.2%, 0%, 65.5%)

LAB

lab(31.24, 4.19, -9.3)

LCH

lch(31.24, 10.2, 294.25)

OKLCH

oklch(40.9%, 0.0266, 287.96)

HWB

hwb(243.8, 28.2%, 65.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#575848

Analogous

#484f58

#494858

#514858

Triadic

#494858

#584948

#485849

Split-complementary

#494858

#585148

#4f5848

Tetradic

#494858

#584857

#575848

#485849

Square

#494858

#58484f

#575848

#485851

Shades

Color #494858 mixed toward black.

#3d3c49

#31303b

#25242c

#18181d

#0c0c0f

Tints

Color #494858 mixed toward white.

#646278

#807f96

#a09fb0

#c0bfcb

#dfdfe5

Tones

Color #494858 mixed toward gray.

#4a4957

#4b4b55

#4d4c54

#4e4d53

#4f4f51

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.35:1

White text reads better on this background (8.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#494954 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#494954 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#495251 · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #494858;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494858]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#494858 (#494858) is rgb(73, 72, 88) in RGB.

No, #494858 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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