Information about #203240 color

#203240 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#203240 falls into the Azure Color Family — Mild Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(32, 50, 64) — 12.5% red, 19.6% green, 25.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 13 / 5 / 0 / 75. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #203240 reads as a softly balanced steel-blue azure and leans clearly toward the dark side. Expect to see shades like this in dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Coast (#243442). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Crescendo (#222F44) and Elephant (#243640).

The recipe behind #203240 is rgb(32, 50, 64), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #203240: 13.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.6:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:75), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #203240 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#203240 color variations

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

#203240 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 #203240

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

Coast color link
Coast

#243442

Crescendo color link
Crescendo

#222F44

Elephant color link
Elephant

#243640

Allegro color link
Allegro

#242E3B

Nordic color link
Nordic

#1D393C

Billabong color link
Billabong

#173141

Tornado color link
Tornado

#272D3C

Blueprint color link
Blueprint

#2A313F

Mosaic color link
Mosaic

#293741

#203240 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#203240
  • RGB32, 50, 64
  • CMYK13, 5, 0, 75
  • CSSrgb(32, 50, 64)
  • HSL206°, 33%, 19%
  • HSL Precise206.25°, 33.333%, 18.824%
  • HSV206°, 50%, 25%
  • HSB206°, 50%, 25%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.125
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.196
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • GLSLvec3(0.125, 0.196, 0.251)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.125, 0.196, 0.251, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.125, 0.196, 0.251)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB12.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB19.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID203240
  • DECIMAL ID2110016
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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