Information about #004566 color

#004566 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#004566 falls into the Azure Color Family — Full Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(0, 69, 102) — 0% red, 27.1% green, 40% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 40 / 13 / 0 / 60. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #004566 reads as a maximally vivid steel-blue azure and leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Indigo Dye (#00416A). Its next-closest registered neighbors are PSG Blue (#004170) and Light Blue Silk (#044F67).

The recipe behind #004566 is rgb(0, 69, 102), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #004566: 10.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.0:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:60), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #004566 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#004566 color variations

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

#004566 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 #004566

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#004566
  • RGB0, 69, 102
  • CMYK40, 13, 0, 60
  • CSSrgb(0, 69, 102)
  • HSL199°, 100%, 20%
  • HSL Precise199.412°, 100%, 20%
  • HSV199°, 100%, 40%
  • HSB199°, 100%, 40%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.000
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.271
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.400
  • GLSLvec3(0.000, 0.271, 0.400)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.000, 0.271, 0.400, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.000, 0.271, 0.400)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB0%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB27.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB40%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID004566
  • DECIMAL ID17766
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01