Information about #255C79 color

#255C79 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#255C79 falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(37, 92, 121) — 14.5% red, 36.1% green, 47.5% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 33 / 11 / 0 / 53. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pleasantly vivid azure, #255C79 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Orient (#255B77). Slightly further away sit Bahama Blue (#25597F) and Humbec Dark Teal (#265B71).

In RGB terms — rgb(37, 92, 121) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #255C79: 7.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.9:1 for black. No one has named #255C79 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#255C79 color variations

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

#255C79 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#255C79 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#255C79 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#255C79 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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#255C79 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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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
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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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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
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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
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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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Nearest named colors to #255C79

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

Orient color link
Orient

#255B77

Bahama Blue color link
Bahama Blue

#25597F

Humbec Dark Teal color link
Humbec Dark Teal

#265B71

Venice Blue color link
Venice Blue

#2C5778

Spray Drift color link
Spray Drift

#2D5877

Chathams Blue color link
Chathams Blue

#2C5971

Blue Jay color link
Blue Jay

#2B547E

Blumine color link
Blumine

#305C71

Light Blue Flower color link
Light Blue Flower

#1D697C

Metallic Blue color link
Metallic Blue

#32527B

Limitless color link
Limitless

#254B75

Matisse color link
Matisse

#365C7D

#255C79 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#255C79
  • RGB37, 92, 121
  • CMYK33, 11, 0, 53
  • CSSrgb(37, 92, 121)
  • HSL201°, 53%, 31%
  • HSL Precise200.714°, 53.165%, 30.98%
  • HSV201°, 69%, 47%
  • HSB201°, 69%, 47%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.145
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.361
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.475
  • GLSLvec3(0.145, 0.361, 0.475)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.145, 0.361, 0.475, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.145, 0.361, 0.475)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB14.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB36.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB47.5%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID255C79
  • DECIMAL ID2448505
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers27 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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