#4e434e

Color #4e434e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark magenta.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.8 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4e434e

RGB

rgb(78, 67, 78)

HSL

hsl(300, 7.6%, 28.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 14.1%, 30.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 0%, 69.4%)

LAB

lab(29.87, 6.99, -4.87)

LCH

lch(29.87, 8.52, 325.13)

OKLCH

oklch(39.8%, 0.0233, 326.04)

HWB

hwb(300, 26.3%, 69.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#434e43

Analogous

#48434e

#4e434e

#4e4348

Triadic

#4e434e

#4e4e43

#434e4e

Split-complementary

#4e434e

#484e43

#434e48

Tetradic

#4e434e

#4e4343

#434e43

#434e4e

Square

#4e434e

#4e4843

#434e43

#43484e

Shades

Color #4e434e mixed toward black.

#413841

#342d34

#272127

#1a161a

#0d0b0d

Tints

Color #4e434e mixed toward white.

#6f5f6f

#8f7c8f

#ab9dab

#c7bec7

#e3dee3

Tones

Color #4e434e mixed toward gray.

#4d444d

#4c454c

#4b464b

#4a474a

#494849

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.24:1

White text reads better on this background (9.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#49494c · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#4a4b4b · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#4d4949 · ΔE 7.6

Achromatopsia

#464646 · ΔE 9.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e434e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e434e]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#4e434e (#4e434e) is rgb(78, 67, 78) in RGB.

No, #4e434e 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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