#4a5353

Color #4a5353

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.12 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4a5353

RGB

rgb(74, 83, 83)

HSL

hsl(180, 5.7%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 10.8%, 32.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 0%, 67.5%)

LAB

lab(34.53, -3.56, -1.22)

LCH

lch(34.53, 3.76, 198.92)

OKLCH

oklch(43.4%, 0.0115, 196.7)

HWB

hwb(180, 29%, 67.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#534a4a

Analogous

#4a534f

#4a5353

#4a4f53

Triadic

#4a5353

#534a53

#53534a

Split-complementary

#4a5353

#534a4f

#534f4a

Tetradic

#4a5353

#4a4a53

#534a4a

#53534a

Square

#4a5353

#4f4a53

#534a4a

#4f534a

Shades

Color #4a5353 mixed toward black.

#3e4545

#313737

#252a2a

#191c1c

#0c0e0e

Tints

Color #4a5353 mixed toward white.

#667272

#839090

#a2acac

#c1c8c8

#e0e3e3

Tones

Color #4a5353 mixed toward gray.

#4b5252

#4c5252

#4c5151

#4d5050

#4e4f4f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.65:1

White text reads better on this background (7.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e53 · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#4e4d53 · ΔE 7.6

Tritanopia

#4a5353 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 4.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a5353;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a5353]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#4a5353 (#4a5353) is rgb(74, 83, 83) in RGB.

No, #4a5353 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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