Information about #05174C color

#05174C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#05174C falls into the Azure Color Family — Full Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(5, 23, 76) — 2% red, 9% green, 29.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 28 / 21 / 0 / 70. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #05174C reads as a maximally vivid steel-blue azure and carries a shadowy depth. 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 near neighbor of Gulf Blue (#051657). Nearby in the Register you will also find Borisfen Deep Blue (#001355) and Oxford Blue (#002147).

In RGB terms — rgb(5, 23, 76) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 17.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.2:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:70), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. No one has named #05174C so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#05174C color variations

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

#05174C color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#05174C color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#05174C color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#05174C color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#05174C 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
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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
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#3B4D05
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#4D1705
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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
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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
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#4D0517
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#174D05
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#3B054D
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#4D3B05
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#174D05
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#4D053B
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#054D17
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Nearest named colors to #05174C

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Gulf Blue color link
Gulf Blue

#051657

Borisfen Deep Blue color link
Borisfen Deep Blue

#001355

Oxford Blue color link
Oxford Blue

#002147

Dallas Cowboys Blue color link
Dallas Cowboys Blue

#041E42

Cetacean Blue color link
Cetacean Blue

#001440

Deep Cove color link
Deep Cove

#051040

Brewers Blue color link
Brewers Blue

#0A2351

Deep Sapphire Blue color link
Deep Sapphire Blue

#001659

Navy color link
Navy

#01153E

BMA Blue color link
BMA Blue

#00113F

Downriver color link
Downriver

#092256

Jenniebear Blue color link
Jenniebear Blue

#111154

#05174C color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#05174C
  • RGB5, 23, 76
  • CMYK28, 21, 0, 70
  • CSSrgb(5, 23, 76)
  • HSL225°, 88%, 16%
  • HSL Precise224.789°, 87.654%, 15.882%
  • HSV225°, 93%, 30%
  • HSB225°, 93%, 30%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.020
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.090
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.298
  • GLSLvec3(0.020, 0.090, 0.298)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.020, 0.090, 0.298, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.020, 0.090, 0.298)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB29.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID05174C
  • DECIMAL ID333644
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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