Information about #012844 color

#012844 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#012844 falls into the Azure Color Family — Full Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(1, 40, 68) — 0.4% red, 15.7% green, 26.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 26 / 11 / 0 / 73. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #012844 reads as a pure, full-strength sky-leaning azure and stays on the darker end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in moody backdrops, typography on light surfaces and premium packaging. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Oxford Blue (#002147). Slightly further away sit Dallas Cowboys Blue (#041E42) and Trafalgar Blue (#00203C).

The recipe behind #012844 is rgb(1, 40, 68), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 15.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.4:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:73), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #012844 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#012844 color variations

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

#012844 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 #012844

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#012844
  • RGB1, 40, 68
  • CMYK26, 11, 0, 73
  • CSSrgb(1, 40, 68)
  • HSL205°, 97%, 14%
  • HSL Precise205.075°, 97.101%, 13.529%
  • HSV205°, 99%, 27%
  • HSB205°, 99%, 27%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.004
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.157
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.267
  • GLSLvec3(0.004, 0.157, 0.267)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.004, 0.157, 0.267, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.004, 0.157, 0.267)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB0.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB15.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB26.7%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID012844
  • DECIMAL ID75844
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01