#494c3b

Color #494c3b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 15.18 Nearest Tailwind class olive-700 #474739 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#494c3b

RGB

rgb(73, 76, 59)

HSL

hsl(70.6, 12.6%, 26.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(70.6, 22.4%, 29.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 22.4%, 70.2%)

LAB

lab(31.58, -4.67, 9.72)

LCH

lch(31.58, 10.78, 115.66)

OKLCH

oklch(40.8%, 0.0276, 115.82)

HWB

hwb(70.6, 23.1%, 70.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3e3b4c

Analogous

#4c473b

#494c3b

#414c3b

Triadic

#494c3b

#3b494c

#4c3b49

Split-complementary

#494c3b

#3b414c

#473b4c

Tetradic

#494c3b

#3b4c3e

#3e3b4c

#4c3b49

Square

#494c3b

#3b4c47

#3e3b4c

#4c3b41

Shades

Color #494c3b mixed toward black.

#3d3f31

#313327

#25261e

#181914

#0c0d0a

Tints

Color #494c3b mixed toward white.

#6b6f56

#8c9272

#a9ad95

#c6c8b9

#e2e4dc

Tones

Color #494c3b mixed toward gray.

#484b3c

#47493e

#46483f

#454641

#444542

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.38:1

White text reads better on this background (8.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a40 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#4a4a41 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#494344 · ΔE 12.9

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 9.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #494c3b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494c3b]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Frequently asked questions

#494c3b (#494c3b) is rgb(73, 76, 59) in RGB.

No, #494c3b 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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