#4c5059

Color #4c5059

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 7.06 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4c5059

RGB

rgb(76, 80, 89)

HSL

hsl(221.5, 7.9%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.5, 14.6%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(33.97, 0.5, -5.81)

LCH

lch(33.97, 5.83, 274.92)

OKLCH

oklch(43.1%, 0.0157, 266.72)

HWB

hwb(221.5, 29.8%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#59554c

Analogous

#4c5759

#4c5059

#4f4c59

Triadic

#4c5059

#594c50

#50594c

Split-complementary

#4c5059

#594f4c

#57594c

Tetradic

#4c5059

#554c59

#59554c

#50594c

Square

#4c5059

#594c57

#59554c

#4c594f

Shades

Color #4c5059 mixed toward black.

#3f434a

#33353b

#26282d

#191b1e

#0d0d0f

Tints

Color #4c5059 mixed toward white.

#676c78

#838995

#a2a6b0

#c1c4ca

#e0e1e5

Tones

Color #4c5059 mixed toward gray.

#4d5158

#4e5157

#4f5156

#505255

#525254

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.6:1

White text reads better on this background (8.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e57 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#4e4d56 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#4c5555 · ΔE 6.8

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 5.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c5059;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c5059]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4c5059 (#4c5059) is rgb(76, 80, 89) in RGB.

No, #4c5059 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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