#4a4742

Color #4a4742

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark orange.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 12.08 Nearest Tailwind class stone-700 #44403b · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4a4742

RGB

rgb(74, 71, 66)

HSL

hsl(37.5, 5.7%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.5, 10.8%, 29%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 10.8%, 71%)

LAB

lab(30.29, 0.22, 3.45)

LCH

lch(30.29, 3.46, 86.35)

OKLCH

oklch(39.9%, 0.0091, 80.54)

HWB

hwb(37.5, 25.9%, 71%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#42454a

Analogous

#4a4342

#4a4742

#494a42

Triadic

#4a4742

#424a47

#47424a

Split-complementary

#4a4742

#42494a

#43424a

Tetradic

#4a4742

#454a42

#42454a

#47424a

Square

#4a4742

#424a43

#42454a

#4a4249

Shades

Color #4a4742 mixed toward black.

#3e3b37

#312f2c

#252421

#191816

#0c0c0b

Tints

Color #4a4742 mixed toward white.

#6b665f

#8b867d

#a8a49d

#c5c2be

#e2e1de

Tones

Color #4a4742 mixed toward gray.

#494743

#484744

#474645

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.27:1

White text reads better on this background (9.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#494943 · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#494944 · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#4a4444 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#474747 · ΔE 3.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4a4742;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a4742]

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Frequently asked questions

#4a4742 (#4a4742) is rgb(74, 71, 66) in RGB.

No, #4a4742 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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