#4e505f

Color #4e505f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 8.52 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4e505f

RGB

rgb(78, 80, 95)

HSL

hsl(232.9, 9.8%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.9, 17.9%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(34.36, 2.74, -9)

LCH

lch(34.36, 9.41, 286.93)

OKLCH

oklch(43.5%, 0.0247, 279.31)

HWB

hwb(232.9, 30.6%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f5d4e

Analogous

#4e585f

#4e505f

#544e5f

Triadic

#4e505f

#5f4e50

#505f4e

Split-complementary

#4e505f

#5f544e

#585f4e

Tetradic

#4e505f

#5d4e5f

#5f5d4e

#505f4e

Square

#4e505f

#5f4e58

#5f5d4e

#4e5f54

Shades

Color #4e505f mixed toward black.

#41434f

#34353f

#27282f

#1a1b20

#0d0d10

Tints

Color #4e505f mixed toward white.

#676a7e

#84869a

#a2a4b3

#c1c3cc

#e0e1e6

Tones

Color #4e505f mixed toward gray.

#4f515e

#51525c

#52535b

#545459

#555558

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.64:1

White text reads better on this background (7.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4f5c · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#4f4f5b · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#4e5958 · ΔE 11.5

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 8.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e505f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e505f]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e505f (#4e505f) is rgb(78, 80, 95) in RGB.

No, #4e505f 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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