The Well-worn Basin for Enclosing

#74717b RGB(116,113,123)

About this color

The Well-worn Basin for Enclosing is a achromatic, medium-dark grey tone, fixed at #74717b in the RGB color space.

#74717bRGB(116, 113, 123)

HSL 258° · 4% saturation · 46% lightness

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Psychology

Grey at this lightness feels contemporary and considered — a designer's reliable foundation.

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History

Grey has long been the colour of stone, ash, and iron — the visual register of the industrial city, the winter sky, and the understated suit.

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Design use

Practically, this medium-dark grey is comfortable as interactive elements, tags, badges, and highlight states. It has enough saturation to register clearly without straining extended-reading contexts.

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Colour pairings

For palette building, grey works with almost everything — precisely because it does not compete. Pair it with a single strong accent colour to create clarity, or layer grey tones alone for studied minimalism.

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Color formats

Name
The Well-worn Basin for Enclosing
HEX
#74717b
RGB
rgb(116,113,123)
RGB%
rgb(45.5%,44.3%,48.2%)
HSL
hsl(258,4%,46%)
HSV
hsv(258,8%,48%)
CMYK
cmyk(6,8,0,52)
LAB
lab(48,3,-5)
LCH
lch(48,6,301)
sRGB
(0.455,0.443,0.482)
HEX8
#74717bff
CSS Name
Decimal
116113123

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Color info

Lightness
46%
Saturation
4%
Hue
258°
Chroma
6
Temperature
WarmCool
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