Information about #4E495A color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #4E495A reads as a softly toned blue-purple violet and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Mulled Wine (#524D5B). Slightly further away sit Dark Grayish Violet (#4E4259) and Berlin (#554A58).
The recipe behind #4E495A is rgb(78, 73, 90), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 8.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.4:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:65), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #4E495A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#4E495A color variations
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#4E495A color tints
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#4E495A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#4E495A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#4E495A color hues
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#4E495A 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 #4E495A color
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Nearest named colors to #4E495A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#524D5B
#4E4259
#554A58
#4C4F56
#484558
#484259
#544259
#484753
#4C4850
#574C5E
#4F5255
#51535D
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#4E495A
- RGB78, 73, 90
- CMYK5, 7, 0, 65
- CSSrgb(78, 73, 90)
- HSL258°, 10%, 32%
- HSL Precise257.647°, 10.429%, 31.961%
- HSV258°, 19%, 35%
- HSB258°, 19%, 35%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.306
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.286
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.353
- GLSLvec3(0.306, 0.286, 0.353)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.306, 0.286, 0.353, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.306, 0.286, 0.353)
- Percentage of Red in RGB30.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB28.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB35.3%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID4E495A
- DECIMAL ID5130586
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
