Information about #02579C color

#02579C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#02579C falls into the Azure Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(2, 87, 156) — 0.8% red, 34.1% green, 61.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 60 / 27 / 0 / 39. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #02579C reads as a intensely saturated sky-leaning azure and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Dodgers Blue (#005A9C). Slightly further away sit France Blue (#0055A4) and USAFA Blue (#004F98).

The recipe behind #02579C is rgb(2, 87, 156), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 7.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.8:1. #02579C has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#02579C color variations

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

#02579C 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 #02579C

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#02579C
  • RGB2, 87, 156
  • CMYK60, 27, 0, 39
  • CSSrgb(2, 87, 156)
  • HSL207°, 97%, 31%
  • HSL Precise206.883°, 97.468%, 30.98%
  • HSV207°, 99%, 61%
  • HSB207°, 99%, 61%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.008
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.341
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.612
  • GLSLvec3(0.008, 0.341, 0.612)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.008, 0.341, 0.612, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.008, 0.341, 0.612)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB0.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB34.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB61.2%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID02579C
  • DECIMAL ID153500
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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