#494942
A dark, muted neutral closely aligning with Darkslategray.
About #494942
When working with digital screens, the color #494942 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkslategray. Its digital footprint relies on 73 parts red, 73 parts green, and 66 parts blue light.
When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. The color uses 0% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 10% Yellow, and 71% Black. The HSL representation is 60.0° hue, 5.0% saturation, and 27.3% lightness.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a dark color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.