Information about #4A4140 color

#4A4140 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#4A4140 falls into the Red Color Family — Desaturated, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(74, 65, 64) — 29% red, 25.5% green, 25.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 4 / 4 / 71. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #4A4140 reads as a quiet, subdued grey 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 Velocity (#4B4042). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Double Sidewinder (#473F40) and Tiri (#46413E).

In RGB terms — rgb(74, 65, 64) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #4A4140: 9.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.1:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:71) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #4A4140 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#4A4140 color variations

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

#4A4140 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 #4A4140

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

Velocity color link
Velocity

#4B4042

Tiri color link
Tiri

#46413E

Black Eel color link
Black Eel

#463E3F

Earth Black color link
Earth Black

#49433B

Crater Brown color link
Crater Brown

#4D3E3C

Jon color link
Jon

#463D3E

Light Year color link
Light Year

#463C42

Windswept color link
Windswept

#434141

Tuatara color link
Tuatara

#454642

Relic color link
Relic

#4B4842

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4A4140
  • RGB74, 65, 64
  • CMYK0, 4, 4, 71
  • CSSrgb(74, 65, 64)
  • HSL6°, 7%, 27%
  • HSL Precise6°, 7.246%, 27.059%
  • HSV6°, 14%, 29%
  • HSB6°, 14%, 29%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.290
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.255
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • GLSLvec3(0.290, 0.255, 0.251)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.290, 0.255, 0.251, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.290, 0.255, 0.251)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB29%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB25.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID4A4140
  • DECIMAL ID4866368
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01