Information about #4B6468 color

#4B6468 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#4B6468 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Low Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(75, 100, 104) — 29.4% red, 39.2% green, 40.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 11 / 2 / 0 / 59. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #4B6468 reads as a calm, restrained cyan 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 Tax Break (#496569). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Smalt Blue (#496267) and Deep Space Sparkle (#4A646C).

In RGB terms — rgb(75, 100, 104) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #4B6468: 6.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.3:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #4B6468 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#4B6468 color variations

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

#4B6468 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 #4B6468

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

Tax Break color link
Tax Break

#496569

Smalt Blue color link
Smalt Blue

#496267

Stormcloud color link
Stormcloud

#4F666A

Snapshot color link
Snapshot

#505F67

Odyssey color link
Odyssey

#4F6D69

Streetwise color link
Streetwise

#4F6971

Black Coral color link
Black Coral

#54626F

Fiord color link
Fiord

#4B5A62

Slate color link
Slate

#516572

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4B6468
  • RGB75, 100, 104
  • CMYK11, 2, 0, 59
  • CSSrgb(75, 100, 104)
  • HSL188°, 16%, 35%
  • HSL Precise188.276°, 16.201%, 35.098%
  • HSV188°, 28%, 41%
  • HSB188°, 28%, 41%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.294
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.392
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • GLSLvec3(0.294, 0.392, 0.408)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.294, 0.392, 0.408, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.294, 0.392, 0.408)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB29.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB39.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB40.8%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID4B6468
  • DECIMAL ID4940904
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01