#495151

Color #495151

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 8.72 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#495151

RGB

rgb(73, 81, 81)

HSL

hsl(180, 5.2%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 9.9%, 31.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 0%, 68.2%)

LAB

lab(33.76, -3.18, -1.09)

LCH

lch(33.76, 3.36, 198.92)

OKLCH

oklch(42.8%, 0.0102, 197.02)

HWB

hwb(180, 28.6%, 68.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#514949

Analogous

#49514d

#495151

#494d51

Triadic

#495151

#514951

#515149

Split-complementary

#495151

#51494d

#514d49

Tetradic

#495151

#494951

#514949

#515149

Square

#495151

#4d4951

#514949

#4d5149

Shades

Color #495151 mixed toward black.

#3d4444

#313636

#252929

#181b1b

#0c0e0e

Tints

Color #495151 mixed toward white.

#657070

#828f8f

#a1abab

#c1c7c7

#e0e3e3

Tones

Color #495151 mixed toward gray.

#4a5050

#4b4f4f

#4c4e4e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.58:1

White text reads better on this background (8.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4d51 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#4c4c51 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#495151 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#4f4f4f · ΔE 4.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #495151;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#495151]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#495151 (#495151) is rgb(73, 81, 81) in RGB.

No, #495151 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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