Information about #305B82 color

#305B82 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#305B82 falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(48, 91, 130) — 18.8% red, 35.7% green, 51% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 32 / 15 / 0 / 49. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #305B82 reads as a clearly saturated sky-leaning azure and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Light Navy Blue (#2E5A88). Slightly further away sit Matisse (#365C7D) and Blue Jay (#2B547E).

The recipe behind #305B82 is rgb(48, 91, 130), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #305B82: 7.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.9:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#305B82 color variations

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

#305B82 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 #305B82

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

Matisse color link
Matisse

#365C7D

Blue Jay color link
Blue Jay

#2B547E

Venice Blue color link
Venice Blue

#2C5778

Bahama Blue color link
Bahama Blue

#25597F

Spray Drift color link
Spray Drift

#2D5877

Ugly Blue color link
Ugly Blue

#31668A

Blue Ashes color link
Blue Ashes

#3B5F78

Orient color link
Orient

#255B77

Superhero color link
Superhero

#374E88

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#305B82
  • RGB48, 91, 130
  • CMYK32, 15, 0, 49
  • CSSrgb(48, 91, 130)
  • HSL209°, 46%, 35%
  • HSL Precise208.537°, 46.067%, 34.902%
  • HSV209°, 63%, 51%
  • HSB209°, 63%, 51%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.188
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.510
  • GLSLvec3(0.188, 0.357, 0.510)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.188, 0.357, 0.510, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.188, 0.357, 0.510)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB18.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB35.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB51%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID305B82
  • DECIMAL ID3169154
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01