#4a484c

Color #4a484c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 8.09 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-700 #3f3f46 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4a484c

RGB

rgb(74, 72, 76)

HSL

hsl(270, 2.7%, 29%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 5.3%, 29.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 70.2%)

LAB

lab(30.91, 1.71, -2.09)

LCH

lch(30.91, 2.7, 309.29)

OKLCH

oklch(40.5%, 0.0071, 308.16)

HWB

hwb(270, 28.2%, 70.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4a4c48

Analogous

#48484c

#4a484c

#4c484c

Triadic

#4a484c

#4c4a48

#484c4a

Split-complementary

#4a484c

#4c4c48

#484c48

Tetradic

#4a484c

#4c484a

#4a4c48

#484c4a

Square

#4a484c

#4c4848

#4a4c48

#484c4c

Shades

Color #4a484c mixed toward black.

#3e3c3f

#313033

#252426

#191819

#0c0c0d

Tints

Color #4a484c mixed toward white.

#68656b

#86838a

#a4a2a7

#c3c1c4

#e1e0e2

Tones

Color #4a484c mixed toward gray.

#4a484c

#4a494b

#4a4a4a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.32:1

White text reads better on this background (9.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#49494b · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#49494b · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 3.1

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 3.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a484c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a484c]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#4a484c (#4a484c) is rgb(74, 72, 76) in RGB.

No, #4a484c 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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