Information about #4F4B4F color

#4F4B4F color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#4F4B4F falls into the Magenta Color Family — Desaturated, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(79, 75, 79) — 31% red, 29.4% green, 31% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 2 / 0 / 69. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #4F4B4F reads as a softly muted balanced grey tone and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Shadowy Lavender (#4E4A4E). Slightly further away sit be Supernormal. Charcoal (#4E4E4F) and Quartz (#51484F).

The recipe behind #4F4B4F is rgb(79, 75, 79), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 8.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.5:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:69) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #4F4B4F is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#4F4B4F color variations

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

#4F4B4F 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 #4F4B4F

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

Quartz color link
Quartz

#51484F

Dark Liver color link
Dark Liver

#534B4F

Gray Wolf color link
Gray Wolf

#504A4B

Basalt color link
Basalt

#524E50

Everest color link
Everest

#4C4850

Thunder color link
Thunder

#4D4D4B

Transformer color link
Transformer

#4F484B

Matterhorn color link
Matterhorn

#524B4B

Yasna color link
Yasna

#544A50

#4F4B4F color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4F4B4F
  • RGB79, 75, 79
  • CMYK0, 2, 0, 69
  • CSSrgb(79, 75, 79)
  • HSL300°, 3%, 30%
  • HSL Precise300°, 2.597%, 30.196%
  • HSV300°, 5%, 31%
  • HSB300°, 5%, 31%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.310
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.294
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.310
  • GLSLvec3(0.310, 0.294, 0.310)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.310, 0.294, 0.310, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.310, 0.294, 0.310)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB29.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB31%
  • Color Family (Hue)Magenta
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID4F4B4F
  • DECIMAL ID5196623
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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