#4e4e59

Color #4e4e59

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 7.88 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4e4e59

RGB

rgb(78, 78, 89)

HSL

hsl(240, 6.6%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 12.4%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(33.54, 2.52, -6.44)

LCH

lch(33.54, 6.92, 291.37)

OKLCH

oklch(42.8%, 0.0181, 285.73)

HWB

hwb(240, 30.6%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#59594e

Analogous

#4e5359

#4e4e59

#534e59

Triadic

#4e4e59

#594e4e

#4e594e

Split-complementary

#4e4e59

#59534e

#53594e

Tetradic

#4e4e59

#594e59

#59594e

#4e594e

Square

#4e4e59

#594e53

#59594e

#4e5953

Shades

Color #4e4e59 mixed toward black.

#41414a

#34343b

#27272c

#1a1a1e

#0d0d0f

Tints

Color #4e4e59 mixed toward white.

#696977

#858594

#a4a4af

#c2c2ca

#e1e1e4

Tones

Color #4e4e59 mixed toward gray.

#4f4f58

#505057

#515156

#525255

#525254

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.56:1

White text reads better on this background (8.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e56 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#4e4e56 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#4e5454 · ΔE 8.2

Achromatopsia

#4f4f4f · ΔE 6.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e4e59;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e4e59]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e4e59 (#4e4e59) is rgb(78, 78, 89) in RGB.

No, #4e4e59 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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