#494d44

Color #494d44

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark green.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 11.82 Nearest Tailwind class olive-700 #474739 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#494d44

RGB

rgb(73, 77, 68)

HSL

hsl(86.7, 6.2%, 28.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(86.7, 11.7%, 30.2%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(32.13, -3.56, 4.79)

LCH

lch(32.13, 5.97, 126.62)

OKLCH

oklch(41.4%, 0.0156, 126.65)

HWB

hwb(86.7, 26.7%, 69.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#48444d

Analogous

#4d4c44

#494d44

#444d44

Triadic

#494d44

#44494d

#4d4449

Split-complementary

#494d44

#44444d

#4c444d

Tetradic

#494d44

#444d48

#48444d

#4d4449

Square

#494d44

#444d4c

#48444d

#4d4444

Shades

Color #494d44 mixed toward black.

#3d4039

#31332d

#242622

#181a17

#0c0d0b

Tints

Color #494d44 mixed toward white.

#686d60

#868d7e

#a4a99e

#c3c6be

#e1e2df

Tones

Color #494d44 mixed toward gray.

#494c45

#494b45

#494b46

#494a47

#494948

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.43:1

White text reads better on this background (8.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b46 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#4b4a47 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#494848 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#4c4c4c · ΔE 6.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #494d44;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494d44]

Related colors

Green Yellow #adff2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#494d44 (#494d44) is rgb(73, 77, 68) in RGB.

No, #494d44 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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