Information about #4B5166 color

#4B5166 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#4B5166 falls into the Blue Color Family — Low Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(75, 81, 102) — 29.4% red, 31.8% green, 40% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 11 / 8 / 0 / 60. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #4B5166 reads as a calm, restrained deep-sea blue 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 Vintage Indigo (#4A556B). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Independence (#4C516D) and Dalek (#475769).

The recipe behind #4B5166 is rgb(75, 81, 102), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #4B5166: 7.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.7:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:60), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #4B5166 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#4B5166 color variations

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#4B5166 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 #4B5166

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

Independence color link
Independence

#4C516D

Dalek color link
Dalek

#475769

Compass color link
Compass

#4B5761

Haast Shale color link
Haast Shale

#515664

East Bay color link
East Bay

#47526E

Hammerhead color link
Hammerhead

#515769

Fiord color link
Fiord

#4B5A62

San Juan color link
San Juan

#445761

Jimmy Dean color link
Jimmy Dean

#51535D

Enigma color link
Enigma

#515072

Mulled Wine color link
Mulled Wine

#524D5B

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4B5166
  • RGB75, 81, 102
  • CMYK11, 8, 0, 60
  • CSSrgb(75, 81, 102)
  • HSL227°, 15%, 35%
  • HSL Precise226.667°, 15.254%, 34.706%
  • HSV227°, 26%, 40%
  • HSB227°, 26%, 40%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.294
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.400
  • GLSLvec3(0.294, 0.318, 0.400)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.294, 0.318, 0.400, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.294, 0.318, 0.400)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB29.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB31.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB40%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID4B5166
  • DECIMAL ID4936038
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01