#4a5957

Color #4a5957

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 8.13 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4a5957

RGB

rgb(74, 89, 87)

HSL

hsl(172, 9.2%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172, 16.9%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.9%, 0%, 2.2%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(36.53, -6.26, -0.79)

LCH

lch(36.53, 6.31, 187.19)

OKLCH

oklch(45.1%, 0.0189, 186.67)

HWB

hwb(172, 29%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#594a4c

Analogous

#4a5950

#4a5957

#4a5459

Triadic

#4a5957

#574a59

#59574a

Split-complementary

#4a5957

#594a54

#59504a

Tetradic

#4a5957

#4a4c59

#594a4c

#59574a

Square

#4a5957

#504a59

#594a4c

#54594a

Shades

Color #4a5957 mixed toward black.

#3e4a49

#313b3a

#252d2c

#191e1d

#0c0f0f

Tints

Color #4a5957 mixed toward white.

#647976

#819693

#a0b0ae

#c0cbc9

#dfe5e4

Tones

Color #4a5957 mixed toward gray.

#4b5856

#4d5755

#4e5554

#4f5453

#505353

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.86:1

White text reads better on this background (7.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515157 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#504f58 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#4b5858 · ΔE 1.6

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 7.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a5957;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a5957]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4a5957 (#4a5957) is rgb(74, 89, 87) in RGB.

No, #4a5957 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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