#49495f

Color #49495f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.51 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#49495f

RGB

rgb(73, 73, 95)

HSL

hsl(240, 13.1%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 23.2%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.2%, 23.2%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(31.82, 5.37, -12.89)

LCH

lch(31.82, 13.96, 292.62)

OKLCH

oklch(41.4%, 0.0365, 284.76)

HWB

hwb(240, 28.6%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f5f49

Analogous

#49545f

#49495f

#54495f

Triadic

#49495f

#5f4949

#495f49

Split-complementary

#49495f

#5f5449

#545f49

Tetradic

#49495f

#5f495f

#5f5f49

#495f49

Square

#49495f

#5f4954

#5f5f49

#495f54

Shades

Color #49495f mixed toward black.

#3d3d4f

#31313f

#24242f

#181820

#0c0c10

Tints

Color #49495f mixed toward white.

#62627f

#7e7e9c

#9e9eb5

#bebecd

#dfdfe6

Tones

Color #49495f mixed toward gray.

#4b4b5d

#4d4d5b

#4e4e59

#505058

#525256

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.4:1

White text reads better on this background (8.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#49495a · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#494959 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#495655 · ΔE 15.6

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 11.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #49495f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#49495f]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#49495f (#49495f) is rgb(73, 73, 95) in RGB.

No, #49495f 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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