Information about #218491 color

#218491 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #218491 belongs to the Cyan Color Family, featuring High Saturation and Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(33, 132, 145) — 12.9% red, 51.8% green, 56.9% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 44 / 5 / 0 / 43. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#218491 is a strongly colored aqua cyan that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Java (#259797). Slightly further away sit Celeritas (#299792) and ChaosDragon (#139084).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(33, 132, 145)), which gives #218491 its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #218491: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.4:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#218491 color variations

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

#218491 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 #218491

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#218491
  • RGB33, 132, 145
  • CMYK44, 5, 0, 43
  • CSSrgb(33, 132, 145)
  • HSL187°, 63%, 35%
  • HSL Precise186.964°, 62.921%, 34.902%
  • HSV187°, 77%, 57%
  • HSB187°, 77%, 57%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.129
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.518
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.569
  • GLSLvec3(0.129, 0.518, 0.569)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.129, 0.518, 0.569, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.129, 0.518, 0.569)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB12.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB51.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB56.9%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID218491
  • DECIMAL ID2196625
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01