Information about #2865BF color

#2865BF color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#2865BF falls into the Azure Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(40, 101, 191) — 15.7% red, 39.6% green, 74.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 59 / 35 / 0 / 25. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #2865BF reads as a vivid, lively sky-leaning azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from True Blue (#2D68C4). Slightly further away sit Mid Blue (#276AB3) and Mariner (#286ACD).

The recipe behind #2865BF is rgb(40, 101, 191), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #2865BF: 5.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.7:1 for black. No one has named #2865BF so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#2865BF color variations

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

#2865BF 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 #2865BF

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

True Blue color link
True Blue

#2D68C4

Mid Blue color link
Mid Blue

#276AB3

Mariner color link
Mariner

#286ACD

Celtic Blue color link
Celtic Blue

#246BCE

Bluish color link
Bluish

#2976BB

Denim color link
Denim

#1560BD

Blue Eyes color link
Blue Eyes

#1569C7

UCLA Blue color link
UCLA Blue

#2774AE

New Car color link
New Car

#214FC6

Flickr Blue color link
Flickr Blue

#216BD6

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#2865BF
  • RGB40, 101, 191
  • CMYK59, 35, 0, 25
  • CSSrgb(40, 101, 191)
  • HSL216°, 65%, 45%
  • HSL Precise215.762°, 65.368%, 45.294%
  • HSV216°, 79%, 75%
  • HSB216°, 79%, 75%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.157
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.396
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.749
  • GLSLvec3(0.157, 0.396, 0.749)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.157, 0.396, 0.749, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.157, 0.396, 0.749)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB15.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB39.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB74.9%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID2865BF
  • DECIMAL ID2647487
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01