#4c4e61

Color #4c4e61

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.41 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4c4e61

RGB

rgb(76, 78, 97)

HSL

hsl(234.3, 12.1%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.3, 21.6%, 38%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 62%)

LAB

lab(33.66, 3.78, -11.33)

LCH

lch(33.66, 11.94, 288.45)

OKLCH

oklch(43%, 0.0314, 280.27)

HWB

hwb(234.3, 29.8%, 62%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#615f4c

Analogous

#4c5861

#4c4e61

#544c61

Triadic

#4c4e61

#614c4e

#4e614c

Split-complementary

#4c4e61

#61544c

#58614c

Tetradic

#4c4e61

#5f4c61

#615f4c

#4e614c

Square

#4c4e61

#614c58

#615f4c

#4c6154

Shades

Color #4c4e61 mixed toward black.

#3f4151

#333441

#262730

#191a20

#0d0d10

Tints

Color #4c4e61 mixed toward white.

#656780

#81849c

#a1a2b5

#c0c1ce

#e0e0e6

Tones

Color #4c4e61 mixed toward gray.

#4e4f5f

#4f515d

#51525c

#53545a

#555558

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.57:1

White text reads better on this background (8.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4d5d · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#4d4d5c · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#4c5959 · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#4f4f4f · ΔE 9.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4c4e61;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c4e61]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4c4e61 (#4c4e61) is rgb(76, 78, 97) in RGB.

No, #4c4e61 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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