Information about #474857 color

#474857 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#474857 falls into the Blue Color Family — Low Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(71, 72, 87) — 27.8% red, 28.2% green, 34.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 6 / 6 / 0 / 66. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #474857 reads as a calm, restrained deep-sea blue and holds a balanced mid-tone. 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 a hair away from HEX (#484558). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Gun Powder (#484753) and Mako (#444954).

The recipe behind #474857 is rgb(71, 72, 87), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #474857: 9.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:66), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #474857 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#474857 color variations

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

#474857 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#474857 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#474857 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#474857 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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#474E56

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#475456

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#474857 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
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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
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#505747
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#574E47
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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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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
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#574748
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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
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#564757
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#575647
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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
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#574750
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#575647
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#47574E
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Nearest named colors to #474857

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

HEX color link
HEX

#484558

Gun Powder color link
Gun Powder

#484753

Mako color link
Mako

#444954

Dark Grayish Sapphire Blue color link
Dark Grayish Sapphire Blue

#424859

Dark Grayish Indigo color link
Dark Grayish Indigo

#484259

Dark Grayish Blue color link
Dark Grayish Blue

#424259

Dark Grayish Azure color link
Dark Grayish Azure

#424E59

Skywater color link
Skywater

#404653

Everest color link
Everest

#4C4850

Abbey color link
Abbey

#4C4F56

Ox Gray color link
Ox Gray

#414E54

Tuna color link
Tuna

#46494E

#474857 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#474857
  • RGB71, 72, 87
  • CMYK6, 6, 0, 66
  • CSSrgb(71, 72, 87)
  • HSL236°, 10%, 31%
  • HSL Precise236.25°, 10.127%, 30.98%
  • HSV236°, 18%, 34%
  • HSB236°, 18%, 34%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.278
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.282
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.341
  • GLSLvec3(0.278, 0.282, 0.341)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.278, 0.282, 0.341, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.278, 0.282, 0.341)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB27.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB28.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB34.1%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID474857
  • DECIMAL ID4671575
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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