#4c5959

Color #4c5959

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 8.88 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4c5959

RGB

rgb(76, 89, 89)

HSL

hsl(180, 7.9%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 14.6%, 34.9%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(36.75, -5.04, -1.7)

LCH

lch(36.75, 5.32, 198.64)

OKLCH

oklch(45.3%, 0.0163, 196.43)

HWB

hwb(180, 29.8%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#594c4c

Analogous

#4c5953

#4c5959

#4c5359

Triadic

#4c5959

#594c59

#59594c

Split-complementary

#4c5959

#594c53

#59534c

Tetradic

#4c5959

#4c4c59

#594c4c

#59594c

Square

#4c5959

#534c59

#594c4c

#53594c

Shades

Color #4c5959 mixed toward black.

#3f4a4a

#333b3b

#262d2d

#191e1e

#0d0f0f

Tints

Color #4c5959 mixed toward white.

#677878

#839595

#a2b0b0

#c1caca

#e0e5e5

Tones

Color #4c5959 mixed toward gray.

#4d5858

#4e5757

#4f5656

#505555

#525454

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.88:1

White text reads better on this background (7.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525259 · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#515059 · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#4d5959 · ΔE 0.4

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 6.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c5959;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c5959]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#4c5959 (#4c5959) is rgb(76, 89, 89) in RGB.

No, #4c5959 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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