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#4E5965

#4e5965 ≈ Davy's Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#4e5965 is a color from the azure family, with low lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 34.9% green and 39.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.77% cyan, 11.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 60.39% black. Its hue angle is 211.3°, with 12.85% saturation and 35.1% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Davy's Gray (#555555), ΔE 7.25.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.097

Complementary

  1. #4e5965
  2. #655a4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e5965
  2. #654f4e
  3. #65654e

Analogous

  1. #4e6565
  2. #4e5965
  3. #4f4e65

Triadic

  1. #4e5965
  2. #654e59
  3. #59654e

Tetradic

  1. #4e5965
  2. #5a4e65
  3. #655a4e
  4. #59654e

Square

  1. #4e5965
  2. #654e65
  3. #655a4e
  4. #4e654f

Monochromatic

  1. #0b0d0f
  2. #2d333a
  3. #4e5965
  4. #6f7f90
  5. #9ba6b1

Shades

#4e5965 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e5965
  2. #46505b
  3. #3e4751
  4. #373e47
  5. #2f353d
  6. #272d33
  7. #1f2428
  8. #171b1e
  9. #101214
  10. #08090a
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e5965 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e5965
  2. #606a74
  3. #717a84
  4. #838b93
  5. #959ba3
  6. #a7acb2
  7. #b8bdc1
  8. #cacdd1
  9. #dcdee0
  10. #edeef0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e5965 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e5965
  2. #535d68
  3. #58616a
  4. #5d656d
  5. #626970
  6. #676d73
  7. #6c7075
  8. #717478
  9. #76787b
  10. #7b7c7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #585858 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #54585d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #555966 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #525765 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #485c5d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #525965 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #505865 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4a5b60 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e5965 {
  color: #4e5965;
}
Background
.bg-4e5965 {
  background-color: #4e5965;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e5965 {
  border: 2px solid #4e5965;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e5965;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 89 101;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 13% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e5965 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e5965, #4f4e65);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e5965 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 89 101 / 0.35);
}

#555555 Davy's Gray ΔE 7.25 #36454f Charcoal ΔE 7.53 #414a4c Outer Space ΔE 7.60 #696969 Dim Gray ΔE 9.57 #696969 Dim Grey ΔE 9.57 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 11.79 #353839 Onyx ΔE 12.43 #b1a69a Inverted #585858 Grayscale 

Davy's Gray
#4e5965  rgb(78, 89, 101)  hsl(211, 13%, 35%)  Davy's Gray
#655a4e  rgb(101, 90, 78)  hsl(31, 13%, 35%)  Umber
#654e59  rgb(101, 78, 89)  hsl(331, 13%, 35%)  Eggplant
#59654e  rgb(89, 101, 78)  hsl(91, 13%, 35%)  Feldgrau