Information about #4E697C color

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Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #4E697C is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Low Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(78, 105, 124) — 30.6% red, 41.2% green, 48.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 18 / 7 / 0 / 51. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A calm, restrained steel-blue azure, #4E697C sits comfortably between light and dark. Expect to see shades like this in understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Dark Electric Blue (#536878). Nearby in the Register you will also find Bismark (#486C7A) and Seachange (#4E6E81).

The recipe behind #4E697C is rgb(78, 105, 124), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #4E697C background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 5.8:1 (passing WCAG AA), while black manages only 3.6:1. #4E697C has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#4E697C color variations

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#4E697C 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 #4E697C

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

Bismark color link
Bismark

#486C7A

Seachange color link
Seachange

#4E6E81

Marble Blue color link
Marble Blue

#566D7E

Streetwise color link
Streetwise

#4F6971

Slate color link
Slate

#516572

Cadet color link
Cadet

#536872

Wedgewood color link
Wedgewood

#4C6B88

Lifesaver color link
Lifesaver

#535E7F

Sabbatical color link
Sabbatical

#547377

Rustic Blue color link
Rustic Blue

#525D80

Quantum Leap color link
Quantum Leap

#4F698B

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4E697C
  • RGB78, 105, 124
  • CMYK18, 7, 0, 51
  • CSSrgb(78, 105, 124)
  • HSL205°, 23%, 40%
  • HSL Precise204.783°, 22.772%, 39.608%
  • HSV205°, 37%, 49%
  • HSB205°, 37%, 49%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.306
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.412
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.486
  • GLSLvec3(0.306, 0.412, 0.486)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.306, 0.412, 0.486, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.306, 0.412, 0.486)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB30.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB41.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB48.6%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID4E697C
  • DECIMAL ID5138812
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01