Information about #00508E color

#00508E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#00508E falls into the Azure Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(0, 80, 142) — 0% red, 31.4% green, 55.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 56 / 24 / 0 / 44. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #00508E reads as a pure, full-strength steel-blue azure and holds a balanced mid-tone. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Mavericks Blue (#00538C). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Medium Electric Blue (#035096) and Congress Blue (#02478E).

The recipe behind #00508E is rgb(0, 80, 142), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #00508E: 8.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.5:1 for black. #00508E has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#00508E color variations

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

#00508E 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 #00508E

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#00508E
  • RGB0, 80, 142
  • CMYK56, 24, 0, 44
  • CSSrgb(0, 80, 142)
  • HSL206°, 100%, 28%
  • HSL Precise206.197°, 100%, 27.843%
  • HSV206°, 100%, 56%
  • HSB206°, 100%, 56%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.000
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.314
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.557
  • GLSLvec3(0.000, 0.314, 0.557)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.000, 0.314, 0.557, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.000, 0.314, 0.557)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB0%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB31.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB55.7%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID00508E
  • DECIMAL ID20622
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01