Information about #496968 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#496968 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Low Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(73, 105, 104) — 28.6% red, 41.2% green, 40.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 13 / 0 / 0 / 59. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #496968 reads as a gently muted aqua cyan and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Tax Break (#496569). Slightly further away sit Deep Space Sparkle (#4A646C) and Stormcloud (#4F666A).

The recipe behind #496968 is rgb(73, 105, 104), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #496968: 6.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.5:1 for black. No one has named #496968 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#496968 color variations

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

#496968 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#496968 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#496968 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#496968 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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#496968 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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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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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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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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Nearest named colors to #496968

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

Tax Break color link
Tax Break

#496569

Deep Space Sparkle color link
Deep Space Sparkle

#4A646C

Stormcloud color link
Stormcloud

#4F666A

Smalt Blue color link
Smalt Blue

#496267

Odyssey color link
Odyssey

#4F6D69

Opposite Flower color link
Opposite Flower

#4D646C

Streetwise color link
Streetwise

#4F6971

Snapshot color link
Snapshot

#505F67

Slate color link
Slate

#516572

Cadet color link
Cadet

#536872

Dark Green Copper color link
Dark Green Copper

#4A766E

Black Coral color link
Black Coral

#54626F

#496968 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#496968
  • RGB73, 105, 104
  • CMYK13, 0, 0, 59
  • CSSrgb(73, 105, 104)
  • HSL178°, 18%, 35%
  • HSL Precise178.125°, 17.978%, 34.902%
  • HSV178°, 30%, 41%
  • HSB178°, 30%, 41%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.412
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.412, 0.408)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.412, 0.408, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.412, 0.408)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB41.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB40.8%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID496968
  • DECIMAL ID4811112
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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