Information about #4B556A color
Basic facts about this digital color
#4B556A is a softly toned steel-blue azure that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Vintage Indigo (#4A556B). Slightly further away sit Dalek (#475769) and Independence (#4C516D).
In RGB terms — rgb(75, 85, 106) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 7.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #4B556A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#4B556A color variations
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#4B556A color tints
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#4B556A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#4B556A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#4B556A color hues
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#4B556A 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 #4B556A color
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Nearest named colors to #4B556A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#4A556B
#475769
#4C516D
#47526E
#515769
#515664
#4B5761
#4B5A62
#515072
#445761
#505F67
#535C64
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#4B556A
- RGB75, 85, 106
- CMYK12, 8, 0, 58
- CSSrgb(75, 85, 106)
- HSL221°, 17%, 35%
- HSL Precise220.645°, 17.127%, 35.49%
- HSV221°, 29%, 42%
- HSB221°, 29%, 42%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.294
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.416
- GLSLvec3(0.294, 0.333, 0.416)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.294, 0.333, 0.416, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.294, 0.333, 0.416)
- Percentage of Red in RGB29.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB41.6%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID4B556A
- DECIMAL ID4937066
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers8 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
