Information about #285B75 color

#285B75 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#285B75 falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(40, 91, 117) — 15.7% red, 35.7% green, 45.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 30 / 10 / 0 / 54. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #285B75 reads as a confidently colored steel-blue azure and holds a balanced mid-tone. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Orient (#255B77). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Humbec Dark Teal (#265B71) and Chathams Blue (#2C5971).

In RGB terms — rgb(40, 91, 117) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #285B75: 7.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #285B75 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#285B75 color variations

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

#285B75 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 #285B75

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

Spray Drift color link
Spray Drift

#2D5877

Venice Blue color link
Venice Blue

#2C5778

Blumine color link
Blumine

#305C71

Bahama Blue color link
Bahama Blue

#25597F

Blue Jay color link
Blue Jay

#2B547E

Casal color link
Casal

#2F6168

Matisse color link
Matisse

#365C7D

Limitless color link
Limitless

#254B75

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#285B75
  • RGB40, 91, 117
  • CMYK30, 10, 0, 54
  • CSSrgb(40, 91, 117)
  • HSL200°, 49%, 31%
  • HSL Precise200.26°, 49.045%, 30.784%
  • HSV200°, 66%, 46%
  • HSB200°, 66%, 46%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.157
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.459
  • GLSLvec3(0.157, 0.357, 0.459)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.157, 0.357, 0.459, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.157, 0.357, 0.459)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB15.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB35.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB45.9%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID285B75
  • DECIMAL ID2644853
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01