Information about #47516A color

#47516A color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #47516A is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Low Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(71, 81, 106) — 27.8% red, 31.8% green, 41.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 14 / 10 / 0 / 58. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A softly toned sky-leaning azure, #47516A occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from East Bay (#47526E). Slightly further away sit Vintage Indigo (#4A556B) and Independence (#4C516D).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(71, 81, 106)), which gives #47516A its character. On this background, white text reaches a 7.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #47516A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#47516A color variations

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

#47516A 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 #47516A

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

East Bay color link
East Bay

#47526E

Independence color link
Independence

#4C516D

Dalek color link
Dalek

#475769

Quayside color link
Quayside

#424F71

Night Moves color link
Night Moves

#454C73

San Juan color link
San Juan

#445761

Compass color link
Compass

#4B5761

Hammerhead color link
Hammerhead

#515769

Fiord color link
Fiord

#4B5A62

Haast Shale color link
Haast Shale

#515664

Enigma color link
Enigma

#515072

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#47516A
  • RGB71, 81, 106
  • CMYK14, 10, 0, 58
  • CSSrgb(71, 81, 106)
  • HSL223°, 20%, 35%
  • HSL Precise222.857°, 19.774%, 34.706%
  • HSV223°, 33%, 42%
  • HSB223°, 33%, 42%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.278
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.416
  • GLSLvec3(0.278, 0.318, 0.416)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.278, 0.318, 0.416, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.278, 0.318, 0.416)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB27.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB31.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB41.6%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID47516A
  • DECIMAL ID4673898
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers4 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01