#4E615F colour

#4E615F is a dark greyish cyan close to CSS dimgray: RGB 78, 97, 95, HSL 174, 11%, 34%. White text passes AA (6.56:1). Tints, shades and colour harmonies.

#4E615F

Nearest CSS name: dimgray #696969 (not an exact match)
Described as: a dark greyish cyan
Red, green, blue: 78, 97, 95
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.11 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#4e615f`
RGB	`rgb(78, 97, 95)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(30.6% 38% 37.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(173.7, 10.9%, 34.3%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(173.7, 19.6%, 38%)`
HWB	`hwb(173.7 30.6% 62%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(20%, 0%, 2%, 62%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(39.51% -7.83 -1.38)`
OKLCH	`oklch(47.62% 0.0233 188.55)`
Decimal	`5136735`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 6.56:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 3.20:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	6.56:1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Pass
Black	3.20:1	Fail	Pass	Fail	Fail

White text is the better choice on #4E615F (6.56:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#5e6f6e 18%#6e7e7c 27%#7e8c8b 36%#8e9a99 45%#9ea9a8 55%#afb7b6 64%#bfc6c5 73%#cfd4d3 82%#dfe2e2 91%#eff1f0

9%#475856 18%#404f4e 27%#394745 36%#323e3c 45%#2b3534 55%#232c2b 64%#1c2323 73%#151a1a 82%#0e1211 91%#070909

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#4e615f #614e50

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#4e6156 #4e615f #4e5a61

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#4e615f #5f4e61 #615f4e

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#4e615f #614e5a #61564e

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#4e615f #564e61 #614e50 #5a614e

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#4e615f Protanopia#5f5f5f Deuteranopia#5b5c5f Tritanopia#496260 Achromatopsia#5d5d5d

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #4e615f;`
Background	`background-color: #4e615f;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #4e615f;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(78 97 95 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #4e615f;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e615f, #2f3a39);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #95a09f, #4e615f);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #4e615f; color: #fff;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

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Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.