Information about #276EA1 color

#276EA1 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#276EA1 falls into the Azure Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(39, 110, 161) — 15.3% red, 43.1% green, 63.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 48 / 20 / 0 / 37. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#276EA1 is a strongly colored steel-blue azure that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Tripster Blue (#2070A0). Slightly further away sit Lochmara (#316EA0) and Lapis Lazuli (#26619C).

The recipe behind #276EA1 is rgb(39, 110, 161), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 5.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #276EA1 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#276EA1 color variations

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

#276EA1 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 #276EA1

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

Lochmara color link
Lochmara

#316EA0

Lapis Lazuli color link
Lapis Lazuli

#26619C

UCLA Blue color link
UCLA Blue

#2774AE

Lure color link
Lure

#2F77A9

Mid Blue color link
Mid Blue

#276AB3

Primetime color link
Primetime

#3973A9

Muted Blue color link
Muted Blue

#3B719F

Optimist color link
Optimist

#2B688D

Flat Blue color link
Flat Blue

#3C73A8

Geaux Blue color link
Geaux Blue

#1277A3

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#276EA1
  • RGB39, 110, 161
  • CMYK48, 20, 0, 37
  • CSSrgb(39, 110, 161)
  • HSL205°, 61%, 39%
  • HSL Precise205.082°, 61%, 39.216%
  • HSV205°, 76%, 63%
  • HSB205°, 76%, 63%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.153
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.431
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.631
  • GLSLvec3(0.153, 0.431, 0.631)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.153, 0.431, 0.631, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.153, 0.431, 0.631)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB15.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB43.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB63.1%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID276EA1
  • DECIMAL ID2584225
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01