Color specimenNo. 04937059

#4B5563

Muted Dark Blue

A deterministic reference card for #4B5563. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
75, 85, 99
HSL
215°, 14%, 34%
Text
White on top

Tailwind CSS · gray

tailwind · gray 600

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-gray-600, text-gray-600, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · gray

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Class name
gray-600
Hex
#4B5563
Closest CSS named color
darkslategray
Full color breakdown
/color/4b5563

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #4B5563 as the text color.

7.56:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #4B5563 as the text color.

2.78:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

Recommendation

When using #4B5563 as a background, pair it with #ffffff text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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