#4d5556

Color #4d5556

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.49 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4d5556

RGB

rgb(77, 85, 86)

HSL

hsl(186.7, 5.5%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.7, 10.5%, 33.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.5%, 1.2%, 0%, 66.3%)

LAB

lab(35.49, -2.93, -1.67)

LCH

lch(35.49, 3.37, 209.68)

OKLCH

oklch(44.3%, 0.0103, 205.82)

HWB

hwb(186.7, 30.2%, 66.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#564e4d

Analogous

#4d5653

#4d5556

#4d5156

Triadic

#4d5556

#564d55

#55564d

Split-complementary

#4d5556

#564d51

#56534d

Tetradic

#4d5556

#4e4d56

#564e4d

#55564d

Square

#4d5556

#534d56

#564e4d

#51564d

Shades

Color #4d5556 mixed toward black.

#404748

#333939

#272b2b

#1a1c1d

#0d0e0e

Tints

Color #4d5556 mixed toward white.

#687375

#859092

#a4acad

#c2c8c8

#e1e3e4

Tones

Color #4d5556 mixed toward gray.

#4e5555

#4f5455

#4f5354

#505353

#515252

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.75:1

White text reads better on this background (7.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515156 · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#505056 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#4d5656 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 4.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4d5556;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4d5556]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4d5556 (#4d5556) is rgb(77, 85, 86) in RGB.

No, #4d5556 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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