Information about #4B3932 color

#4B3932 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #4B3932 is classified in the Register under the Orange Color Family, with Low Saturation and Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(75, 57, 50) — 29.4% red, 22.4% green, 19.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 7 / 10 / 71. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A calm, restrained amber-leaning orange, #4B3932 leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Dark Lava (#483C32). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Bean (#4A3531) and Simmered Seaweed (#4C3D30).

The recipe behind #4B3932 is rgb(75, 57, 50), with red as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #4B3932 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 10.9:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.9:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:71), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#4B3932 color variations

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#4B3932 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 #4B3932

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

Dark Lava color link
Dark Lava

#483C32

Bean color link
Bean

#4A3531

Rattlesnake color link
Rattlesnake

#463835

Double Felix color link
Double Felix

#453732

Ash Brown color link
Ash Brown

#493F2F

Stingray color link
Stingray

#453533

Cedar color link
Cedar

#463430

Night Owl color link
Night Owl

#483335

Barista color link
Barista

#453837

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4B3932
  • RGB75, 57, 50
  • CMYK0, 7, 10, 71
  • CSSrgb(75, 57, 50)
  • HSL17°, 20%, 25%
  • HSL Precise16.8°, 20%, 24.51%
  • HSV17°, 33%, 29%
  • HSB17°, 33%, 29%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.294
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.224
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.196
  • GLSLvec3(0.294, 0.224, 0.196)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.294, 0.224, 0.196, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.294, 0.224, 0.196)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB29.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB22.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB19.6%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID4B3932
  • DECIMAL ID4929842
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01