Information about #474642 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#474642 is a muted, almost neutral grey that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Tuatara (#454642). Slightly further away sit Heavy Metal (#46473E) and Relic (#4B4842).
In RGB terms — rgb(71, 70, 66) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 9.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.2:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:72), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. #474642 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#474642 color variations
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#474642 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#474642 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#474642 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#474642 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#474642 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #474642 color
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Nearest named colors to #474642
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#454642
#46473E
#4B4842
#44493F
#484A46
#434345
#494648
#4C4646
#434141
#46413E
#4C4945
#4A4B46
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#474642
- RGB71, 70, 66
- CMYK0, 0, 2, 72
- CSSrgb(71, 70, 66)
- HSL48°, 4%, 27%
- HSL Precise48°, 3.65%, 26.863%
- HSV48°, 7%, 28%
- HSB48°, 7%, 28%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.278
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.275
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.259
- GLSLvec3(0.278, 0.275, 0.259)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.278, 0.275, 0.259, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.278, 0.275, 0.259)
- Percentage of Red in RGB27.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB27.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB25.9%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID474642
- DECIMAL ID4671042
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
