Information about #496B62 color

#496B62 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #496B62 is classified in the Register under the Spring Green Color Family, with Low Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(73, 107, 98) — 28.6% red, 42% green, 38.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 13 / 0 / 4 / 58. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A softly toned fresh green-cyan, #496B62 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 Tax Break (#496569). Slightly further away sit Odyssey (#4F6D69) and Smalt Blue (#496267).

Technically, the mix leans on its green channel (rgb(73, 107, 98)), which gives #496B62 its character. On this background, white text reaches a 5.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #496B62 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#496B62 color variations

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

#496B62 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 #496B62

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

Tax Break color link
Tax Break

#496569

Odyssey color link
Odyssey

#4F6D69

Smalt Blue color link
Smalt Blue

#496267

Stormcloud color link
Stormcloud

#4F666A

Como color link
Como

#4C785C

Snapshot color link
Snapshot

#505F67

Streetwise color link
Streetwise

#4F6971

River Bed color link
River Bed

#556061

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#496B62
  • RGB73, 107, 98
  • CMYK13, 0, 4, 58
  • CSSrgb(73, 107, 98)
  • HSL164°, 19%, 35%
  • HSL Precise164.118°, 18.889%, 35.294%
  • HSV164°, 32%, 42%
  • HSB164°, 32%, 42%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.420
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.384
  • GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.420, 0.384)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.420, 0.384, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.420, 0.384)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB42%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB38.4%
  • Color FamilySpring Green
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID496B62
  • DECIMAL ID4811618
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01