Information about #454340 color

#454340 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #454340 is classified in the Register under the Orange Color Family, with Desaturated and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(69, 67, 64) — 27.1% red, 26.3% green, 25.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 1 / 2 / 73. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#454340 presents itself as a softly muted balanced grey tone — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Windswept (#434141). Slightly further away sit Tiri (#46413E) and Tuatara (#454642).

In RGB terms — rgb(69, 67, 64) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 9.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.1:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:73) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #454340 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#454340 color variations

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

#454340 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 #454340

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

Windswept color link
Windswept

#434141

Tiri color link
Tiri

#46413E

Tuatara color link
Tuatara

#454642

Heavy Metal color link
Heavy Metal

#46473E

Black Eel color link
Black Eel

#463E3F

Trainspotter color link
Trainspotter

#44493F

Jon color link
Jon

#463D3E

Earth Black color link
Earth Black

#49433B

Velocity color link
Velocity

#4B4042

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#454340
  • RGB69, 67, 64
  • CMYK0, 1, 2, 73
  • CSSrgb(69, 67, 64)
  • HSL36°, 4%, 26%
  • HSL Precise36°, 3.759%, 26.078%
  • HSV36°, 7%, 27%
  • HSB36°, 7%, 27%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.271
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.263
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • GLSLvec3(0.271, 0.263, 0.251)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.271, 0.263, 0.251, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.271, 0.263, 0.251)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB27.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB26.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID454340
  • DECIMAL ID4539200
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01