#4f4f5f

Color #4f4f5f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.16 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4f4f5f

RGB

rgb(79, 79, 95)

HSL

hsl(240, 9.2%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 16.8%, 37.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.8%, 16.8%, 0%, 62.7%)

LAB

lab(34.15, 3.74, -9.31)

LCH

lch(34.15, 10.03, 291.89)

OKLCH

oklch(43.4%, 0.0262, 285.26)

HWB

hwb(240, 31%, 62.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f5f4f

Analogous

#4f575f

#4f4f5f

#574f5f

Triadic

#4f4f5f

#5f4f4f

#4f5f4f

Split-complementary

#4f4f5f

#5f574f

#575f4f

Tetradic

#4f4f5f

#5f4f5f

#5f5f4f

#4f5f4f

Square

#4f4f5f

#5f4f57

#5f5f4f

#4f5f57

Shades

Color #4f4f5f mixed toward black.

#42424f

#35353f

#27272f

#1a1a20

#0d0d10

Tints

Color #4f4f5f mixed toward white.

#68687e

#858599

#a3a3b3

#c2c2cc

#e0e0e6

Tones

Color #4f4f5f mixed toward gray.

#50505e

#52525c

#53535b

#54545a

#565658

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.62:1

White text reads better on this background (8.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4f5b · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#4f4f5b · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#4f5958 · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 8.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4f4f5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4f4f5f]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4f4f5f (#4f4f5f) is rgb(79, 79, 95) in RGB.

No, #4f4f5f 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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