#4a4a55

Color #4a4a55

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 6.9 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4a4a55

RGB

rgb(74, 74, 85)

HSL

hsl(240, 6.9%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 12.9%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.9%, 12.9%, 0%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(31.83, 2.55, -6.5)

LCH

lch(31.83, 6.98, 291.42)

OKLCH

oklch(41.3%, 0.0182, 285.64)

HWB

hwb(240, 29%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#55554a

Analogous

#4a5055

#4a4a55

#504a55

Triadic

#4a4a55

#554a4a

#4a554a

Split-complementary

#4a4a55

#55504a

#50554a

Tetradic

#4a4a55

#554a55

#55554a

#4a554a

Square

#4a4a55

#554a50

#55554a

#4a5550

Shades

Color #4a4a55 mixed toward black.

#3e3e47

#313139

#25252b

#19191c

#0c0c0e

Tints

Color #4a4a55 mixed toward white.

#656574

#828292

#a1a1ad

#c0c0c9

#e0e0e4

Tones

Color #4a4a55 mixed toward gray.

#4b4b54

#4c4c53

#4d4d52

#4e4e51

#4f4f50

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.4:1

White text reads better on this background (8.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a52 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#4a4a52 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#4a5050 · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 6.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a4a55;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a4a55]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4a4a55 (#4a4a55) is rgb(74, 74, 85) in RGB.

No, #4a4a55 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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