HEX Color #495757 (Darkslategray)

About #495757

At its core, #495757 is a dark and muted hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Darkslategray. Its digital footprint relies on 73 parts red, 87 parts green, and 87 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 16% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 180.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the neutral spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#495757

RGB73, 87, 87

HSL180.0°, 8.8%, 31.4%

CMYK16%, 0%, 0%, 66%

HSV180.0°, 16.1%, 34.1%

LAB35.8, -5.4, -1.8

XYZ7.9, 8.9, 10.3

Decimal4806487

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#495757 #574848

Analogous

#485750 #485057

Triadic

#574857 #575748

Tetradic

#504857 #574848 #505748

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#495757

#5D6969

#717C7C

#858F8F

#99A1A1

#AEB4B4

#C2C7C7

#D6D9D9

#EAECEC

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#495757

#404D4D

#384343

#303A3A

#283030

#202626

#181D1D

#101313

#080909

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

7.54:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

2.78:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

7.21:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

2.37:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #495757; }

.text-color { color: #495757; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #495757; }

Similar Colors

Darkslategray

#2F4F4F