#4d5857

Color #4d5857

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.2 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4d5857

RGB

rgb(77, 88, 87)

HSL

hsl(174.5, 6.7%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.5, 12.5%, 34.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 1.1%, 65.5%)

LAB

lab(36.45, -4.52, -0.88)

LCH

lch(36.45, 4.6, 191.02)

OKLCH

oklch(45.1%, 0.0139, 189.94)

HWB

hwb(174.5, 30.2%, 65.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#584d4e

Analogous

#4d5852

#4d5857

#4d5458

Triadic

#4d5857

#574d58

#58574d

Split-complementary

#4d5857

#584d54

#58524d

Tetradic

#4d5857

#4d4e58

#584d4e

#58574d

Square

#4d5857

#524d58

#584d4e

#54584d

Shades

Color #4d5857 mixed toward black.

#404949

#333b3a

#272c2c

#1a1d1d

#0d0f0f

Tints

Color #4d5857 mixed toward white.

#687775

#849492

#a3afae

#c2c9c9

#e0e4e4

Tones

Color #4d5857 mixed toward gray.

#4e5756

#4f5656

#505555

#515454

#525453

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.85:1

White text reads better on this background (7.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525257 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#515057 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#4e5757 · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 5.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4d5857;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4d5857]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4d5857 (#4d5857) is rgb(77, 88, 87) in RGB.

No, #4d5857 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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