Information about Vintage Indigo color

#4A556B - Vintage Indigo color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#4A556B, known as "Vintage Indigo", falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(74, 85, 107) — 29% red, 33.3% green, 42% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 13 / 9 / 0 / 58. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A softly toned sky-leaning azure, #4A556B 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 almost identical to Dalek (#475769). Slightly further away sit Independence (#4C516D) and East Bay (#47526E).

The recipe behind #4A556B is rgb(74, 85, 107), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #4A556B: 7.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for black. The name "Vintage Indigo" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.

Vintage Indigo color variations

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

Vintage Indigo color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Vintage Indigo

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#647390

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#B0B8C8

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#D7DBE3

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White

#FFFFFF

Vintage Indigo color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Vintage Indigo

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#3A4354

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#2B323F

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#1D212A

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Black

#000000

Vintage Indigo color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Vintage Indigo

#4A556B
#525C6E

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#5D6473

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#686D78

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#73767C

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Grey

#808080

Vintage Indigo color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#4A556B
#496069

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#496965

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#496958

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Vintage Indigo 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
#4A556B
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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
#4A556B
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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
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#4A556B
Vintage Indigo

#4A556B

#496469
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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
#4A556B
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#694954
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#546949
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
#4A556B
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#4A556B

#5F4969
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#695F49

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Square

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

Square color scheme
#4A556B
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#695F49
#695F49

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Nearest named colors to Vintage Indigo

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Dalek color link
Dalek

#475769

Independence color link
Independence

#4C516D

East Bay color link
East Bay

#47526E

Hammerhead color link
Hammerhead

#515769

Haast Shale color link
Haast Shale

#515664

Compass color link
Compass

#4B5761

Fiord color link
Fiord

#4B5A62

Enigma color link
Enigma

#515072

Quayside color link
Quayside

#424F71

San Juan color link
San Juan

#445761

Snapshot color link
Snapshot

#505F67

Chambray color link
Chambray

#475877

Vintage Indigo color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4A556B
  • RGB74, 85, 107
  • CMYK13, 9, 0, 58
  • CSSrgb(74, 85, 107)
  • HSL220°, 18%, 35%
  • HSL Precise220°, 18.232%, 35.49%
  • HSV220°, 31%, 42%
  • HSB220°, 31%, 42%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.290
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.420
  • GLSLvec3(0.290, 0.333, 0.420)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.290, 0.333, 0.420, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.290, 0.333, 0.420)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB29%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB42%
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID4A556B
  • DECIMAL ID4871531
  • Name Length14
  • This page visited6 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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