Information about #494949 color

#494949 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #494949 belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, featuring Desaturated and Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(73, 73, 73) — 28.6% red, 28.6% green, 28.6% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 71. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #494949 reads as a quiet, subdued balanced grey tone 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 almost identical to Volcanic Ash (#484849). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Half Fuscous Grey (#494648) and Armadillo (#484A46).

Under the hood all three RGB channels are equal (73 each), placing #494949 exactly on the neutral axis of the color space. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #494949: 9.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:71), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.

#494949 color variations

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

#494949 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Reserved

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#6E6E6E

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#929292

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#B6B6B6

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#DADADA

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White

#FFFFFF

#494949 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#494949
#3B3B3B

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#2C2C2C

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#1D1D1D

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#0E0E0E

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Black

#000000

#494949 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Reserved

#494949
Dim Grey

#545454
#5F5F5F

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#6A6A6A

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#747474

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Grey

#808080

Why this page shows fewer blocks

#494949 belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, and greyscale colors have no hue. Hue is an angle on the color wheel, and that angle only exists when a color leans toward one primary more than the others. Here all three channels are equal (R = G = B), so there is nothing to lean and no angle to measure.

Everything built on rotating that angle therefore has nothing to rotate. A complementary color is the hue 180° away — for a grey, that is the same grey. The same goes for analogous, triadic, tetradic and square harmonies. Rather than show seven identical swatches, the register leaves the Hues variation strip and the whole Harmonies section out.

What remains is everything that depends on lightness rather than hue. Tints, shades and tones still work, because they move the color up and down the scale instead of around the wheel. So do the nearest named colors, the conversions and the adjacent color codes.

How the register classifies colors · All greyscale colors in the register

Nearest named colors to #494949

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

Volcanic Ash color link
Volcanic Ash

#484849

Half Fuscous Grey color link
Half Fuscous Grey

#494648

Armadillo color link
Armadillo

#484A46

Gravel color link
Gravel

#4A4B46

Thriller color link
Thriller

#4B464B

Cathedral color link
Cathedral

#4B4D4A

Deep Space color link
Deep Space

#4C4945

Black Cow color link
Black Cow

#4C4646

Tuna color link
Tuna

#46494E

Thunder color link
Thunder

#4D4D4B

Transformer color link
Transformer

#4F484B

Mangrove color link
Mangrove

#484E45

#494949 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#494949
  • RGB73, 73, 73
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 71
  • CSSrgb(73, 73, 73)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 29%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 28.627%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 29%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 29%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.286, 0.286)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.286, 0.286, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.286, 0.286)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB28.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB28.6%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID494949
  • DECIMAL ID4802889
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers51 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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