Information about #496B4C color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #496B4C reads as a softly toned natural green and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. 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 Ozone (#47634B). Slightly further away sit Gecko (#45634B) and Artichoke Green (#4B6F44).
Technically, the mix leans on its green channel (rgb(73, 107, 76)), which gives #496B4C its character. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #496B4C: 6.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.5:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#496B4C color variations
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#496B4C color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#496B4C color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#496B4C color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#496B4C color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#496B4C 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #496B4C color
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Nearest named colors to #496B4C
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#47634B
#45634B
#4B6F44
#4A614A
#4F6348
#49764F
#506355
#4E5D4E
#406356
#4D5D53
#415B4E
#4F7942
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#496B4C
- RGB73, 107, 76
- CMYK13, 0, 12, 58
- CSSrgb(73, 107, 76)
- HSL125°, 19%, 35%
- HSL Precise125.294°, 18.889%, 35.294%
- HSV125°, 32%, 42%
- HSB125°, 32%, 42%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.420
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.298
- GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.420, 0.298)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.420, 0.298, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.420, 0.298)
- Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB42%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB29.8%
- Color FamilyGreen
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID496B4C
- DECIMAL ID4811596
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
