#494b5a

Color #494b5a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 7.24 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#494b5a

RGB

rgb(73, 75, 90)

HSL

hsl(232.9, 10.4%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.9, 18.9%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(32.23, 2.78, -9.09)

LCH

lch(32.23, 9.51, 287.01)

OKLCH

oklch(41.7%, 0.025, 279.2)

HWB

hwb(232.9, 28.6%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a5849

Analogous

#49545a

#494b5a

#50495a

Triadic

#494b5a

#5a494b

#4b5a49

Split-complementary

#494b5a

#5a5049

#545a49

Tetradic

#494b5a

#58495a

#5a5849

#4b5a49

Square

#494b5a

#5a4954

#5a5849

#495a50

Shades

Color #494b5a mixed toward black.

#3d3f4b

#31323c

#25262d

#18191e

#0c0d0f

Tints

Color #494b5a mixed toward white.

#63667a

#7f8297

#9fa1b1

#bfc1cb

#dfe0e5

Tones

Color #494b5a mixed toward gray.

#4b4c59

#4c4d57

#4d4e56

#4f4f54

#505153

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.44:1

White text reads better on this background (8.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a57 · ΔE 1.3

Deuteranopia

#4a4a56 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#495453 · ΔE 11.6

Achromatopsia

#4c4c4c · ΔE 8.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #494b5a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494b5a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#494b5a (#494b5a) is rgb(73, 75, 90) in RGB.

No, #494b5a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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