Information about #493846 color

#493846 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#493846 falls into the Magenta Color FamilyLow Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(73, 56, 70) — 28.6% red, 22% green, 27.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 7 / 1 / 71. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #493846 reads as a gently muted purple-pink magenta and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Loulou (#4C3347). Slightly further away sit Chocolate Lounge (#453C43) and Light Year (#463C42).

The recipe behind #493846 is rgb(73, 56, 70), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #493846: 10.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.9:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:71) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. No one has named #493846 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#493846 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#493846 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.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

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.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #493846

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Loulou color link
Loulou

#4C3347

Light Year color link
Light Year

#463C42

Velocity color link
Velocity

#4B4042

Black Eel color link
Black Eel

#463E3F

Jon color link
Jon

#463D3E

Bossanova color link
Bossanova

#4C3D4E

RockrJen color link
RockrJen

#4C313E

Ship Grey color link
Ship Grey

#3E3A44

Dark Puce color link
Dark Puce

#4F3A3C

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#493846
  • RGB73, 56, 70
  • CMYK0, 7, 1, 71
  • CSSrgb(73, 56, 70)
  • HSL311°, 13%, 25%
  • HSL Precise310.588°, 13.178%, 25.294%
  • HSV311°, 23%, 29%
  • HSB311°, 23%, 29%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.220
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.275
  • GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.220, 0.275)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.220, 0.275, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.220, 0.275)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB22%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB27.5%
  • Color FamilyMagenta
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID493846
  • DECIMAL ID4798534
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01