#4d5859

Color #4d5859

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.11 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4d5859

RGB

rgb(77, 88, 89)

HSL

hsl(185, 7.2%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185, 13.5%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(36.51, -4.06, -2.04)

LCH

lch(36.51, 4.54, 206.68)

OKLCH

oklch(45.1%, 0.0139, 203.25)

HWB

hwb(185, 30.2%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#594e4d

Analogous

#4d5954

#4d5859

#4d5259

Triadic

#4d5859

#594d58

#58594d

Split-complementary

#4d5859

#594d52

#59544d

Tetradic

#4d5859

#4e4d59

#594e4d

#58594d

Square

#4d5859

#544d59

#594e4d

#52594d

Shades

Color #4d5859 mixed toward black.

#40494a

#333b3b

#262c2c

#1a1d1e

#0d0f0f

Tints

Color #4d5859 mixed toward white.

#687678

#849395

#a3aeaf

#c1c9ca

#e0e4e4

Tones

Color #4d5859 mixed toward gray.

#4e5758

#4f5657

#505556

#515555

#525454

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.86:1

White text reads better on this background (7.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525259 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#515059 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#4e5959 · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 5.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4d5859;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4d5859]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4d5859 (#4d5859) is rgb(77, 88, 89) in RGB.

No, #4d5859 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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