Information about #20485B color

#20485B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #20485B is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(32, 72, 91) — 12.5% red, 28.2% green, 35.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 23 / 7 / 0 / 64. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A clearly saturated steel-blue azure, #20485B leans clearly toward the dark side. Expect to see shades like this in night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Astronaut Blue (#214559). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Shipshape (#21425F) and Arapawa (#274A5D).

The recipe behind #20485B is rgb(32, 72, 91), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #20485B background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 9.8:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 2.1:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:64) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. No one has named #20485B so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#20485B color variations

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

#20485B 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 #20485B

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

Shipshape color link
Shipshape

#21425F

Arapawa color link
Arapawa

#274A5D

Regal Blue color link
Regal Blue

#203F58

Beatnik color link
Beatnik

#1F4F54

Wanaka color link
Wanaka

#284962

Dark Azure color link
Dark Azure

#274059

Retro color link
Retro

#1B5256

Blue Clouds color link
Blue Clouds

#273C5A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#20485B
  • RGB32, 72, 91
  • CMYK23, 7, 0, 64
  • CSSrgb(32, 72, 91)
  • HSL199°, 48%, 24%
  • HSL Precise199.322°, 47.967%, 24.118%
  • HSV199°, 65%, 36%
  • HSB199°, 65%, 36%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.125
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.282
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • GLSLvec3(0.125, 0.282, 0.357)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.125, 0.282, 0.357, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.125, 0.282, 0.357)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB12.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB28.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB35.7%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID20485B
  • DECIMAL ID2115675
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01