#4e5455

Color #4e5455

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark cyan.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.53 Nearest Tailwind class mist-600 #4b585b · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4e5455

RGB

rgb(78, 84, 85)

HSL

hsl(188.6, 4.3%, 32%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.6, 8.2%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 1.2%, 0%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(35.23, -2.16, -1.41)

LCH

lch(35.23, 2.58, 213.14)

OKLCH

oklch(44.1%, 0.0079, 208.84)

HWB

hwb(188.6, 30.6%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#554f4e

Analogous

#4e5553

#4e5455

#4e5155

Triadic

#4e5455

#554e54

#54554e

Split-complementary

#4e5455

#554e51

#55534e

Tetradic

#4e5455

#4f4e55

#554f4e

#54554e

Square

#4e5455

#534e55

#554f4e

#51554e

Shades

Color #4e5455 mixed toward black.

#414647

#343839

#272a2b

#1a1c1c

#0d0e0e

Tints

Color #4e5455 mixed toward white.

#6a7273

#868f90

#a5abac

#c3c7c8

#e1e3e3

Tones

Color #4e5455 mixed toward gray.

#4f5455

#4f5354

#505353

#505253

#515252

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.72:1

White text reads better on this background (7.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515155 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#505055 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#4e5555 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 3.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e5455;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e5455]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#4e5455 (#4e5455) is rgb(78, 84, 85) in RGB.

No, #4e5455 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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