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Information about #050857 color

#050857 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #050857 is classified in the Register under the Blue Color Family, with Full Saturation and Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(5, 8, 87) — 2% red, 3.1% green, 34.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 32 / 31 / 0 / 66. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pure, full-strength classic blue, #050857 stays on the darker end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for moody backdrops, typography on light surfaces and premium packaging. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Deep Phthalo Blue (#000B59). Slightly further away sit Dark Navy (#02075D) and Deep Persian Blue (#0B0059).

The recipe behind #050857 is rgb(5, 8, 87), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 17.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.2:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:66), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #050857 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#050857 color variations

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

#050857 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 #050857

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#050857
  • RGB5, 8, 87
  • CMYK32, 31, 0, 66
  • CSSrgb(5, 8, 87)
  • HSL238°, 89%, 18%
  • HSL Precise237.805°, 89.13%, 18.039%
  • HSV238°, 94%, 34%
  • HSB238°, 94%, 34%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.020
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.031
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.341
  • GLSLvec3(0.020, 0.031, 0.341)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.020, 0.031, 0.341, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.020, 0.031, 0.341)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB3.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB34.1%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID050857
  • DECIMAL ID329815
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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