#4e525e

Color #4e525e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 7.94 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4e525e

RGB

rgb(78, 82, 94)

HSL

hsl(225, 9.3%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 17%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(17%, 12.8%, 0%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(34.93, 1.23, -7.52)

LCH

lch(34.93, 7.62, 279.29)

OKLCH

oklch(43.9%, 0.0204, 270.84)

HWB

hwb(225, 30.6%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e5a4e

Analogous

#4e5a5e

#4e525e

#524e5e

Triadic

#4e525e

#5e4e52

#525e4e

Split-complementary

#4e525e

#5e524e

#5a5e4e

Tetradic

#4e525e

#5a4e5e

#5e5a4e

#525e4e

Square

#4e525e

#5e4e5a

#5e5a4e

#4e5e52

Shades

Color #4e525e mixed toward black.

#41444e

#34373f

#27292f

#1a1b1f

#0d0e10

Tints

Color #4e525e mixed toward white.

#686d7d

#848999

#a3a7b2

#c1c4cc

#e0e2e5

Tones

Color #4e525e mixed toward gray.

#4f535d

#51535b

#52545a

#535559

#555557

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.69:1

White text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#50505b · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#504f5b · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#4e5959 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 6.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e525e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e525e]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#4e525e (#4e525e) is rgb(78, 82, 94) in RGB.

No, #4e525e 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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