Information about #2C80BC color

#2C80BC color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#2C80BC falls into the Azure Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(44, 128, 188) — 17.3% red, 50.2% green, 73.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 56 / 24 / 0 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #2C80BC reads as a strongly colored steel-blue azure and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Bluish (#2976BB). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Windows Blue (#357EC7) and Glacial Blue Ice (#368BC1).

The recipe behind #2C80BC is rgb(44, 128, 188), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #2C80BC: 4.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for white. #2C80BC has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#2C80BC color variations

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#2C80BC 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 #2C80BC

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

Bluish color link
Bluish

#2976BB

Windows Blue color link
Windows Blue

#357EC7

Sports Star color link
Sports Star

#3D85B8

UCLA Blue color link
UCLA Blue

#2774AE

Blue Ivy color link
Blue Ivy

#3090C7

Lure color link
Lure

#2F77A9

Boston Blue color link
Boston Blue

#3B91B4

Mid Blue color link
Mid Blue

#276AB3

Kasper Blue color link
Kasper Blue

#4072B7

True Blue color link
True Blue

#2D68C4

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#2C80BC
  • RGB44, 128, 188
  • CMYK56, 24, 0, 26
  • CSSrgb(44, 128, 188)
  • HSL205°, 62%, 45%
  • HSL Precise205°, 62.069%, 45.49%
  • HSV205°, 77%, 74%
  • HSB205°, 77%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.173
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.502
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • GLSLvec3(0.173, 0.502, 0.737)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.173, 0.502, 0.737, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.173, 0.502, 0.737)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB17.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB50.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB73.7%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID2C80BC
  • DECIMAL ID2916540
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01