Information about #475042 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #475042 reads as a softly muted balanced grey tone and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Mangrove (#484E45). Slightly further away sit Middle Earth (#434E43) and Cliffhanger (#4A4F46).
In RGB terms — rgb(71, 80, 66) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 8.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.5:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:69) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #475042 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#475042 color variations
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#475042 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#475042 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#475042 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#475042 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#475042 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 #475042 color
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Nearest named colors to #475042
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#484E45
#434E43
#4A4F46
#434E46
#4C4E3F
#4A4B46
#484A46
#4C5544
#44493F
#495449
#4D503C
#4E5541
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#475042
- RGB71, 80, 66
- CMYK4, 0, 5, 69
- CSSrgb(71, 80, 66)
- HSL99°, 10%, 29%
- HSL Precise98.571°, 9.589%, 28.627%
- HSV99°, 18%, 31%
- HSB99°, 18%, 31%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.278
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.314
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.259
- GLSLvec3(0.278, 0.314, 0.259)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.278, 0.314, 0.259, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.278, 0.314, 0.259)
- Percentage of Red in RGB27.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB31.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB25.9%
- Color FamilyChartreuse
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID475042
- DECIMAL ID4673602
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
