Information about #74797E color
Basic facts about this digital color
A quiet, subdued balanced grey tone, #74797E sits on the lighter side of the spectrum. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Storm Grey (#747880). Nearby in the Register you will also find Light Charcoal (#73787C) and Trojan (#757878).
In RGB terms — rgb(116, 121, 126) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #74797E background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 4.8:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 4.4:1. #74797E has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#74797E color variations
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#74797E color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#74797E color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#74797E color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#74797E color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#74797E 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 #74797E color
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Nearest named colors to #74797E
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#747880
#73787C
#757878
#6F747B
#727282
#7A7679
#6E7F80
#7C7E7E
#777887
#757575
#757D75
#7C7D79
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#74797E
- RGB116, 121, 126
- CMYK4, 2, 0, 51
- CSSrgb(116, 121, 126)
- HSL210°, 4%, 47%
- HSL Precise210°, 4.132%, 47.451%
- HSV210°, 8%, 49%
- HSB210°, 8%, 49%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.455
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.475
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.494
- GLSLvec3(0.455, 0.475, 0.494)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.455, 0.475, 0.494, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.455, 0.475, 0.494)
- Percentage of Red in RGB45.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB47.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB49.4%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID74797E
- DECIMAL ID7633278
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
