Information about #494B4D color
Basic facts about this digital color
A quiet, subdued balanced grey tone, #494B4D holds a balanced mid-tone. 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 almost identical to Tuna (#46494E). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Cathedral (#4B4D4A) and Thunder (#4D4D4B).
The recipe behind #494B4D is rgb(73, 75, 77), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #494B4D: 8.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:70), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #494B4D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#494B4D color variations
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#494B4D color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#494B4D color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#494B4D color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#494B4D color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#494B4D 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 #494B4D color
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Nearest named colors to #494B4D
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#46494E
#4B4D4A
#4D4D4B
#484849
#4C4850
#4E4A4E
#4B464B
#4E4E4F
#4F484B
#494648
#4A4B46
#484A46
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#494B4D
- RGB73, 75, 77
- CMYK2, 1, 0, 70
- CSSrgb(73, 75, 77)
- HSL210°, 3%, 29%
- HSL Precise210°, 2.667%, 29.412%
- HSV210°, 5%, 30%
- HSB210°, 5%, 30%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.294
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.302
- GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.294, 0.302)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.294, 0.302, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.294, 0.302)
- Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB29.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB30.2%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID494B4D
- DECIMAL ID4803405
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers29 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
