Information about #4B4B4B color
Basic facts about this digital color
#4B4B4B is a quiet, subdued grey that holds a balanced mid-tone. It is a natural fit for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Cathedral (#4B4D4A). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Thunder (#4D4D4B) and Shadowy Lavender (#4E4A4E).
Technically, #4B4B4B is a perfectly balanced RGB mix — red, green and blue all sit at 75, which is what makes it a true neutral. If you plan to put text on a #4B4B4B background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 8.7:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 2.4:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:71) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.
#4B4B4B color variations
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#4B4B4B color tints
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#4B4B4B color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#4B4B4B color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Why this page shows fewer blocks
#4B4B4B 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
Alternatives to #4B4B4B color
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Nearest named colors to #4B4B4B
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#4B4D4A
#4D4D4B
#4E4A4E
#484849
#4B464B
#4F484B
#4A4B46
#4F4E4A
#504A4B
#50494A
#4F4E48
#504E4B
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#4B4B4B
- RGB75, 75, 75
- CMYK0, 0, 0, 71
- CSSrgb(75, 75, 75)
- HSL0°, 0%, 29%
- HSL Precise0°, 0%, 29.412%
- HSV0°, 0%, 29%
- HSB0°, 0%, 29%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.294
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.294
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.294
- GLSLvec3(0.294, 0.294, 0.294)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.294, 0.294, 0.294, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.294, 0.294, 0.294)
- Percentage of Red in RGB29.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB29.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB29.4%
- Color FamilyGreyscale
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID4B4B4B
- DECIMAL ID4934475
- Name LengthThis color has no name
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- Counting from2025-01-01
