Information about #2F333B color

#2F333B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#2F333B falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(47, 51, 59) — 18.4% red, 20% green, 23.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 5 / 3 / 0 / 77. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #2F333B reads as a gently muted sky-leaning azure and stays on the darker end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Double Tuna (#2F3237). Slightly further away sit Woody Bay (#33343A) and Gumboot (#313337).

The recipe behind #2F333B is rgb(47, 51, 59), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #2F333B: 12.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.7:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:77) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. No one has named #2F333B so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#2F333B color variations

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#2F333B 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 #2F333B

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

Double Tuna color link
Double Tuna

#2F3237

Woody Bay color link
Woody Bay

#33343A

Gumboot color link
Gumboot

#313337

Crater Smoke color link
Crater Smoke

#2F2E3A

Catch color link
Catch

#34343C

Gunmetal color link
Gunmetal

#2A3439

Grey Friars color link
Grey Friars

#313436

Tao Grey color link
Tao Grey

#323436

Shark color link
Shark

#34363A

High Tide color link
High Tide

#32373F

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#2F333B
  • RGB47, 51, 59
  • CMYK5, 3, 0, 77
  • CSSrgb(47, 51, 59)
  • HSL220°, 11%, 21%
  • HSL Precise220°, 11.321%, 20.784%
  • HSV220°, 20%, 23%
  • HSB220°, 20%, 23%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.184
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.200
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.231
  • GLSLvec3(0.184, 0.200, 0.231)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.184, 0.200, 0.231, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.184, 0.200, 0.231)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB18.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB20%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB23.1%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID2F333B
  • DECIMAL ID3093307
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01