Information about #024A5A color

#024A5A color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #024A5A is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with Full Saturation and Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(2, 74, 90) — 0.8% red, 29% green, 35.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 35 / 6 / 0 / 65. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A intensely saturated cyan, #024A5A carries a shadowy depth. Expect to see shades like this in night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from St Kilda (#004559). Nearby in the Register you will also find Deep Cerulean (#004359) and Midnight Green (#004953).

In RGB terms — rgb(2, 74, 90) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #024A5A background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 9.9:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 2.1:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:65), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #024A5A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#024A5A color variations

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

#024A5A 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 #024A5A

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#024A5A
  • RGB2, 74, 90
  • CMYK35, 6, 0, 65
  • CSSrgb(2, 74, 90)
  • HSL191°, 96%, 18%
  • HSL Precise190.909°, 95.652%, 18.039%
  • HSV191°, 98%, 35%
  • HSB191°, 98%, 35%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.008
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.290
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.353
  • GLSLvec3(0.008, 0.290, 0.353)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.008, 0.290, 0.353, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.008, 0.290, 0.353)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB0.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB29%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB35.3%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID024A5A
  • DECIMAL ID150106
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01