Information about #747B7C color
Basic facts about this digital color
A quiet, subdued balanced grey tone, #747B7C feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Light Charcoal (#73787C). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Storm Grey (#747880) and Trojan (#757878).
In RGB terms — rgb(116, 123, 124) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #747B7C: 4.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #747B7C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#747B7C color variations
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#747B7C color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#747B7C color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#747B7C color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#747B7C color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#747B7C 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 #747B7C color
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Nearest named colors to #747B7C
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#73787C
#747880
#757878
#757D75
#6E7F80
#7A7679
#7A7C76
#6F747B
#7C7D79
#7C7E7E
#738276
#757575
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#747B7C
- RGB116, 123, 124
- CMYK3, 0, 0, 51
- CSSrgb(116, 123, 124)
- HSL188°, 3%, 47%
- HSL Precise187.5°, 3.333%, 47.059%
- HSV188°, 6%, 49%
- HSB188°, 6%, 49%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.455
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.482
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.486
- GLSLvec3(0.455, 0.482, 0.486)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.455, 0.482, 0.486, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.455, 0.482, 0.486)
- Percentage of Red in RGB45.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB48.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB48.6%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID747B7C
- DECIMAL ID7633788
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers22 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
