#4b414e

Color #4b414e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.49 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4b414e

RGB

rgb(75, 65, 78)

HSL

hsl(286.2, 9.1%, 28%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.2, 16.7%, 30.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 69.4%)

LAB

lab(28.97, 7.08, -6.25)

LCH

lch(28.97, 9.44, 318.56)

OKLCH

oklch(39%, 0.0253, 318.37)

HWB

hwb(286.2, 25.5%, 69.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#444e41

Analogous

#44414e

#4b414e

#4e414a

Triadic

#4b414e

#4e4b41

#414e4b

Split-complementary

#4b414e

#4a4e41

#414e44

Tetradic

#4b414e

#4e4144

#444e41

#414e4b

Square

#4b414e

#4e4441

#444e41

#414a4e

Shades

Color #4b414e mixed toward black.

#3e3641

#322b34

#252027

#19161a

#0c0b0d

Tints

Color #4b414e mixed toward white.

#6b5d6f

#8b7990

#a89bac

#c5bcc7

#e2dee3

Tones

Color #4b414e mixed toward gray.

#4a424d

#4a434c

#49444b

#49454a

#484648

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.17:1

White text reads better on this background (9.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#47474b · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#47484a · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#4b4948 · ΔE 9.6

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 9.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4b414e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b414e]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#4b414e (#4b414e) is rgb(75, 65, 78) in RGB.

No, #4b414e 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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