Information about #2778AE color

#2778AE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#2778AE falls into the Azure Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(39, 120, 174) — 15.3% red, 47.1% green, 68.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 53 / 21 / 0 / 32. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #2778AE reads as a strongly colored sky-leaning azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from UCLA Blue (#2774AE). Slightly further away sit Lure (#2F77A9) and Bluish (#2976BB).

The recipe behind #2778AE is rgb(39, 120, 174), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 4.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #2778AE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#2778AE color variations

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

#2778AE 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 #2778AE

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

UCLA Blue color link
UCLA Blue

#2774AE

Lure color link
Lure

#2F77A9

Bluish color link
Bluish

#2976BB

Mid Blue color link
Mid Blue

#276AB3

Primetime color link
Primetime

#3973A9

Lochmara color link
Lochmara

#316EA0

Flat Blue color link
Flat Blue

#3C73A8

Nice Blue color link
Nice Blue

#107AB0

Geaux Blue color link
Geaux Blue

#1277A3

Muted Blue color link
Muted Blue

#3B719F

Kasper Blue color link
Kasper Blue

#4072B7

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#2778AE
  • RGB39, 120, 174
  • CMYK53, 21, 0, 32
  • CSSrgb(39, 120, 174)
  • HSL204°, 63%, 42%
  • HSL Precise204°, 63.38%, 41.765%
  • HSV204°, 78%, 68%
  • HSB204°, 78%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.153
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.471
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.682
  • GLSLvec3(0.153, 0.471, 0.682)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.153, 0.471, 0.682, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.153, 0.471, 0.682)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB15.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB47.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB68.2%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID2778AE
  • DECIMAL ID2586798
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01