Information about #173AFB color

#173AFB color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#173AFB falls into the Blue Color Family — Full Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(23, 58, 251) — 9% red, 22.7% green, 98.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 89 / 76 / 0 / 2. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#173AFB is a pure, full-strength deep-sea blue that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Vivid Blue (#152EFF). Slightly further away sit Blue Flyer (#2233FB) and Blue Orchid (#1F45FC).

In RGB terms — rgb(23, 58, 251) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 6.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #173AFB is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#173AFB color variations

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

#173AFB 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 #173AFB

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#173AFB
  • RGB23, 58, 251
  • CMYK89, 76, 0, 2
  • CSSrgb(23, 58, 251)
  • HSL231°, 97%, 54%
  • HSL Precise230.789°, 96.61%, 53.725%
  • HSV231°, 91%, 98%
  • HSB231°, 91%, 98%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.090
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.227
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.984
  • GLSLvec3(0.090, 0.227, 0.984)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.090, 0.227, 0.984, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.090, 0.227, 0.984)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB22.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB98.4%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID173AFB
  • DECIMAL ID1522427
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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