Information about #406C5E color

#406C5E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #406C5E is classified in the Register under the Spring Green Color Family, with Mild Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(64, 108, 94) — 25.1% red, 42.4% green, 36.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 17 / 0 / 5 / 58. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A softly balanced spring green, #406C5E holds a balanced mid-tone. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Stromboli (#406356). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Vintage Green (#367055) and Tax Break (#496569).

In RGB terms — rgb(64, 108, 94) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #406C5E background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 6.0:1 (passing WCAG AA), while black manages only 3.5:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#406C5E color variations

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

#406C5E 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 #406C5E

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

Stromboli color link
Stromboli

#406356

Tax Break color link
Tax Break

#496569

Smalt Blue color link
Smalt Blue

#496267

Amazon color link
Amazon

#3B7A57

Como color link
Como

#4C785C

Homegrown color link
Homegrown

#366154

Patina color link
Patina

#407A52

Odyssey color link
Odyssey

#4F6D69

Timekeeper color link
Timekeeper

#41595A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#406C5E
  • RGB64, 108, 94
  • CMYK17, 0, 5, 58
  • CSSrgb(64, 108, 94)
  • HSL161°, 26%, 34%
  • HSL Precise160.909°, 25.581%, 33.725%
  • HSV161°, 41%, 42%
  • HSB161°, 41%, 42%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.424
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.369
  • GLSLvec3(0.251, 0.424, 0.369)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.251, 0.424, 0.369, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.251, 0.424, 0.369)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB25.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB42.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB36.9%
  • Color FamilySpring Green
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID406C5E
  • DECIMAL ID4222046
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers307 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01