#4b5055

Color #4b5055

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 7.3 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-600 #525252 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4b5055

RGB

rgb(75, 80, 85)

HSL

hsl(210, 6.2%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 11.8%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.8%, 5.9%, 0%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(33.75, -0.85, -3.62)

LCH

lch(33.75, 3.72, 256.79)

OKLCH

oklch(42.9%, 0.0105, 248.1)

HWB

hwb(210, 29.4%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#55504b

Analogous

#4b5555

#4b5055

#4b4b55

Triadic

#4b5055

#554b50

#50554b

Split-complementary

#4b5055

#554b4b

#55554b

Tetradic

#4b5055

#504b55

#55504b

#50554b

Square

#4b5055

#554b55

#55504b

#4b554b

Shades

Color #4b5055 mixed toward black.

#3f4347

#323539

#26282b

#191b1c

#0d0d0e

Tints

Color #4b5055 mixed toward white.

#666d74

#838a92

#a2a8ad

#c1c5c8

#e0e2e4

Tones

Color #4b5055 mixed toward gray.

#4c5054

#4d5053

#4e5053

#4e5052

#4f5051

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.58:1

White text reads better on this background (8.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4d54 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#4d4d54 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#4b5353 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#4f4f4f · ΔE 3.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b5055;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b5055]

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Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#4b5055 (#4b5055) is rgb(75, 80, 85) in RGB.

No, #4b5055 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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