#4e475c

Color #4e475c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.92 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4e475c

RGB

rgb(78, 71, 92)

HSL

hsl(260, 12.9%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 22.8%, 36.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.2%, 22.8%, 0%, 63.9%)

LAB

lab(31.58, 7.73, -11.32)

LCH

lch(31.58, 13.71, 304.33)

OKLCH

oklch(41.3%, 0.0356, 300.16)

HWB

hwb(260, 27.8%, 63.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#555c47

Analogous

#474b5c

#4e475c

#59475c

Triadic

#4e475c

#5c4e47

#475c4e

Split-complementary

#4e475c

#5c5947

#4b5c47

Tetradic

#4e475c

#5c4755

#555c47

#475c4e

Square

#4e475c

#5c474b

#555c47

#475c59

Shades

Color #4e475c mixed toward black.

#413b4d

#342f3d

#27242e

#1a181f

#0d0c0f

Tints

Color #4e475c mixed toward white.

#6a607d

#867c9a

#a59db3

#c3becd

#e1dee6

Tones

Color #4e475c mixed toward gray.

#4f495a

#4f4b59

#504c57

#504e55

#515053

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.38:1

White text reads better on this background (8.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b57 · ΔE 5.8

Deuteranopia

#4b4c56 · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#4e5453 · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 11.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e475c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e475c]

Related colors

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Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#4e475c (#4e475c) is rgb(78, 71, 92) in RGB.

No, #4e475c 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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