#4c474e

Color #4c474e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 8.59 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-700 #3f3f46 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4c474e

RGB

rgb(76, 71, 78)

HSL

hsl(282.9, 4.7%, 29.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(282.9, 9%, 30.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 9%, 0%, 69.4%)

LAB

lab(30.86, 3.61, -3.42)

LCH

lch(30.86, 4.97, 316.55)

OKLCH

oklch(40.5%, 0.0132, 316.53)

HWB

hwb(282.9, 27.8%, 69.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#494e47

Analogous

#48474e

#4c474e

#4e474c

Triadic

#4c474e

#4e4c47

#474e4c

Split-complementary

#4c474e

#4c4e47

#474e48

Tetradic

#4c474e

#4e4749

#494e47

#474e4c

Square

#4c474e

#4e4847

#494e47

#474c4e

Shades

Color #4c474e mixed toward black.

#3f3b41

#332f34

#262327

#19181a

#0d0c0d

Tints

Color #4c474e mixed toward white.

#6b646d

#89818c

#a7a0a9

#c4c0c6

#e2dfe2

Tones

Color #4c474e mixed toward gray.

#4c484d

#4b484d

#4b494c

#4b4a4b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.32:1

White text reads better on this background (9.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a4c · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#4a4b4c · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#4c4b4b · ΔE 5.3

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 5.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4c474e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c474e]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#4c474e (#4c474e) is rgb(76, 71, 78) in RGB.

No, #4c474e 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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