#49545d

Color #49545d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 6.93 Nearest Tailwind class gray-600 #4a5565 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#49545d

RGB

rgb(73, 84, 93)

HSL

hsl(207, 12%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207, 21.5%, 36.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.5%, 9.7%, 0%, 63.5%)

LAB

lab(35.1, -2.1, -6.68)

LCH

lch(35.1, 7, 252.55)

OKLCH

oklch(44%, 0.0203, 242.81)

HWB

hwb(207, 28.6%, 63.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5d5249

Analogous

#495d5c

#49545d

#494a5d

Triadic

#49545d

#5d4954

#545d49

Split-complementary

#49545d

#5d494a

#5d5c49

Tetradic

#49545d

#52495d

#5d5249

#545d49

Square

#49545d

#5c495d

#5d5249

#4a5d49

Shades

Color #49545d mixed toward black.

#3d464d

#31383e

#242a2e

#181c1f

#0c0e0f

Tints

Color #49545d mixed toward white.

#62717d

#7e8e9a

#9faab3

#bfc6cd

#dfe3e6

Tones

Color #49545d mixed toward gray.

#4b545b

#4c545a

#4e5358

#505356

#515355

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.71:1

White text reads better on this background (7.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e5b · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#4d4c5a · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#4a5959 · ΔE 6.3

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 6.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #49545d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#49545d]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Charcoal #36454f

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Frequently asked questions

#49545d (#49545d) is rgb(73, 84, 93) in RGB.

No, #49545d 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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