Information about Shadowy Lavender color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly muted neutral grey, #4E4A4E 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 Everest (#4C4850). Slightly further away sit Gray Wolf (#504A4B) and Transformer (#4F484B).
The recipe behind #4E4A4E is rgb(78, 74, 78), with red 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:69), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. The name "Shadowy Lavender" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Shadowy Lavender color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Shadowy Lavender color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Shadowy Lavender color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Shadowy Lavender color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Shadowy Lavender color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Shadowy Lavender 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 Shadowy Lavender color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Shadowy Lavender
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#4C4850
#504A4B
#4F484B
#51484F
#4E4E4F
#4D4D4B
#50494A
#524B4B
#534B4F
#504E4B
#4F4E4A
#4B464B
Shadowy Lavender color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#4E4A4E
- RGB78, 74, 78
- CMYK0, 2, 0, 69
- CSSrgb(78, 74, 78)
- HSL300°, 3%, 30%
- HSL Precise300°, 2.632%, 29.804%
- HSV300°, 5%, 31%
- HSB300°, 5%, 31%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.306
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.290
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.306
- GLSLvec3(0.306, 0.290, 0.306)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.306, 0.290, 0.306, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.306, 0.290, 0.306)
- Percentage of Red in RGB30.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB29%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB30.6%
- Color FamilyMagenta
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID4E4A4E
- DECIMAL ID5130830
- Name Length16
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- Counting from2025-01-01
