Information about #285EB3 color

#285EB3 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #285EB3 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with High Saturation and Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(40, 94, 179) (15.7% red, 36.9% green, 70.2% blue), or CMYK 55 / 33 / 0 / 30 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #285EB3 reads as a strongly colored steel-blue azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Mid Blue (#276AB3). Slightly further away sit Cerulean Blue (#2A52BE) and Fun Blue (#1959A8).

The recipe behind #285EB3 is rgb(40, 94, 179), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 6.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #285EB3 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#285EB3 color variations

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

#285EB3 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 #285EB3

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

Mid Blue color link
Mid Blue

#276AB3

Fun Blue color link
Fun Blue

#1959A8

True Blue color link
True Blue

#2D68C4

Denim color link
Denim

#1560BD

Violet Blue color link
Violet Blue

#324AB2

UCLA Blue color link
UCLA Blue

#2774AE

Lapis Lazuli color link
Lapis Lazuli

#26619C

Green Blue color link
Green Blue

#1164B4

New Car color link
New Car

#214FC6

Bluish color link
Bluish

#2976BB

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#285EB3
  • RGB40, 94, 179
  • CMYK55, 33, 0, 30
  • CSSrgb(40, 94, 179)
  • HSL217°, 63%, 43%
  • HSL Precise216.691°, 63.47%, 42.941%
  • HSV217°, 78%, 70%
  • HSB217°, 78%, 70%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.157
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.369
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.702
  • GLSLvec3(0.157, 0.369, 0.702)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.157, 0.369, 0.702, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.157, 0.369, 0.702)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB15.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB36.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB70.2%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID285EB3
  • DECIMAL ID2645683
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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