Information about #2C5593 color

#2C5593 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #2C5593 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(44, 85, 147) — 17.3% red, 33.3% green, 57.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 40 / 24 / 0 / 42. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pleasantly vivid azure, #2C5593 sits comfortably between light and dark. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from YInMn Blue (#2E5090). Nearby in the Register you will also find St Tropaz (#2D569B) and Aesthetic Blue (#284F8F).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(44, 85, 147)), which gives #2C5593 its character. If you plan to put text on a #2C5593 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 7.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 2.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #2C5593 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#2C5593 color variations

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

#2C5593 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 #2C5593

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#2C5593
  • RGB44, 85, 147
  • CMYK40, 24, 0, 42
  • CSSrgb(44, 85, 147)
  • HSL216°, 54%, 37%
  • HSL Precise216.117°, 53.927%, 37.451%
  • HSV216°, 70%, 58%
  • HSB216°, 70%, 58%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.173
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.576
  • GLSLvec3(0.173, 0.333, 0.576)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.173, 0.333, 0.576, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.173, 0.333, 0.576)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB17.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB57.6%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID2C5593
  • DECIMAL ID2905491
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01