Information about #737480 color

#737480 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#737480 falls into the Blue Color Family — Desaturated, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(115, 116, 128) — 45.1% red, 45.5% green, 50.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 5 / 5 / 0 / 50. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #737480 reads as a softly muted balanced grey tone and carries an easy, daylight feel. 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 Waterloo (#727282). Slightly further away sit Storm Grey (#747880) and Light Charcoal (#73787C).

The recipe behind #737480 is rgb(115, 116, 128), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #737480: 4.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.5:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#737480 color variations

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

#737480 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#737480 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#737480 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#737480 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#737480 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
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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
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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
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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
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #737480

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

Waterloo color link
Waterloo

#727282

Storm Grey color link
Storm Grey

#747880

Light Charcoal color link
Light Charcoal

#73787C

Raven color link
Raven

#6F747B

Mamba color link
Mamba

#766D7C

Skeletony color link
Skeletony

#777887

Trojan color link
Trojan

#757878

Monsoon color link
Monsoon

#7A7679

Sonic Silver color link
Sonic Silver

#757575

Labyrinth color link
Labyrinth

#786A7F

Mousy Wisteria color link
Mousy Wisteria

#766980

AuroMetalSaurus color link
AuroMetalSaurus

#6E7F80

#737480 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#737480
  • RGB115, 116, 128
  • CMYK5, 5, 0, 50
  • CSSrgb(115, 116, 128)
  • HSL235°, 5%, 48%
  • HSL Precise235.385°, 5.35%, 47.647%
  • HSV235°, 10%, 50%
  • HSB235°, 10%, 50%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.451
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.455
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.502
  • GLSLvec3(0.451, 0.455, 0.502)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.451, 0.455, 0.502, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.451, 0.455, 0.502)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB45.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB45.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB50.2%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID737480
  • DECIMAL ID7566464
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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