Information about #4E464E color
Basic facts about this digital color
#4E464E presents itself as a muted, almost neutral grey — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Everest (#4C4850). Slightly further away sit Transformer (#4F484B) and Quartz (#51484F).
In RGB terms — rgb(78, 70, 78) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 9.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.3:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:69), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. #4E464E has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#4E464E color variations
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#4E464E color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#4E464E color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#4E464E color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#4E464E color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#4E464E 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 #4E464E color
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Nearest named colors to #4E464E
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#4C4850
#4F484B
#51484F
#4E4A4E
#4B464B
#504351
#50494A
#504A4B
#504349
#50404D
#524B4B
#534B4F
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#4E464E
- RGB78, 70, 78
- CMYK0, 3, 0, 69
- CSSrgb(78, 70, 78)
- HSL300°, 5%, 29%
- HSL Precise300°, 5.405%, 29.02%
- HSV300°, 10%, 31%
- HSB300°, 10%, 31%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.306
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.275
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.306
- GLSLvec3(0.306, 0.275, 0.306)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.306, 0.275, 0.306, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.306, 0.275, 0.306)
- Percentage of Red in RGB30.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB27.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB30.6%
- Color FamilyMagenta
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID4E464E
- DECIMAL ID5129806
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers311 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
