Information about #178CB3 color

#178CB3 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#178CB3 falls into the Azure Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(23, 140, 179) — 9% red, 54.9% green, 70.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 87 / 22 / 0 / 30. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #178CB3 reads as a strongly colored steel-blue azure and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Cyan Cornflower Blue (#188BC2). Slightly further away sit Blue Green (#0D98BA) and Pelorous (#2599B2).

The recipe behind #178CB3 is rgb(23, 140, 179), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 5.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #178CB3 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#178CB3 color variations

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

#178CB3 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#178CB3 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#137190

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#0E556C

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#093948

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#051C24

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Black

#000000

#178CB3 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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#298CAD

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#3C8AA4

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#518799

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#68848D

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Grey

#808080

#178CB3 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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#174EB5

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#17B59D

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#17B55E

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#17B51F

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#178CB3 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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#178CB3

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#B53F17
#B53F17

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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
#178CB3
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#B58D17
#B58D17

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#B5173F
#B5173F

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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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#178CB3
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#17B58D
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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
#178CB3
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#B5178D
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#8DB517
#8DB517

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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
#178CB3
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#3F17B5
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#B53F17
#B53F17

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#8DB517
#8DB517

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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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#8D17B5
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#B53F17
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#3FB517
#3FB517

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Nearest named colors to #178CB3

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

Cyan Cornflower Blue color link
Cyan Cornflower Blue

#188BC2

Blue Green color link
Blue Green

#0D98BA

Pelorous color link
Pelorous

#2599B2

Nice Blue color link
Nice Blue

#107AB0

Boy Red color link
Boy Red

#0E9CA5

Freefall color link
Freefall

#1D95C9

Bondi Blue color link
Bondi Blue

#0095B6

Bowie color link
Bowie

#0084AC

Strong Arctic Blue color link
Strong Arctic Blue

#0093A8

Geaux Blue color link
Geaux Blue

#1277A3

Water Blue color link
Water Blue

#0E87CC

Seeker color link
Seeker

#0092A5

#178CB3 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#178CB3
  • RGB23, 140, 179
  • CMYK87, 22, 0, 30
  • CSSrgb(23, 140, 179)
  • HSL195°, 77%, 40%
  • HSL Precise195°, 77.228%, 39.608%
  • HSV195°, 87%, 70%
  • HSB195°, 87%, 70%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.090
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.549
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.702
  • GLSLvec3(0.090, 0.549, 0.702)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.090, 0.549, 0.702, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.090, 0.549, 0.702)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB70.2%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID178CB3
  • DECIMAL ID1543347
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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