#4e545a

Color #4e545a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 8.22 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-600 #525252 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4e545a

RGB

rgb(78, 84, 90)

HSL

hsl(210, 7.1%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 13.3%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.3%, 6.7%, 0%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(35.4, -0.99, -4.31)

LCH

lch(35.4, 4.42, 257.06)

OKLCH

oklch(44.3%, 0.0125, 247.94)

HWB

hwb(210, 30.6%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a544e

Analogous

#4e5a5a

#4e545a

#4e4e5a

Triadic

#4e545a

#5a4e54

#545a4e

Split-complementary

#4e545a

#5a4e4e

#5a5a4e

Tetradic

#4e545a

#544e5a

#5a544e

#545a4e

Square

#4e545a

#5a4e5a

#5a544e

#4e5a4e

Shades

Color #4e545a mixed toward black.

#41464b

#34383c

#272a2d

#1a1c1e

#0d0e0f

Tints

Color #4e545a mixed toward white.

#687078

#858d95

#a3a9b0

#c2c6ca

#e0e2e5

Tones

Color #4e545a mixed toward gray.

#4f5459

#505458

#515457

#525456

#535455

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.74:1

White text reads better on this background (7.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515159 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#505058 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#4e5757 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 4.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e545a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e545a]

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Frequently asked questions

#4e545a (#4e545a) is rgb(78, 84, 90) in RGB.

No, #4e545a 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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