Information about #3178AA color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #3178AA reads as a clearly saturated sky-leaning azure and feels open and friendly. 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 almost identical to Lure (#2F77A9). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Primetime (#3973A9) and UCLA Blue (#2774AE).
The recipe behind #3178AA is rgb(49, 120, 170), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #3178AA background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 4.8:1 (passing WCAG AA), while black manages only 4.4:1. No one has named #3178AA so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#3178AA color variations
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#3178AA color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#3178AA color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#3178AA color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#3178AA color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#3178AA 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #3178AA color
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Nearest named colors to #3178AA
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#2F77A9
#3973A9
#2774AE
#3C73A8
#316EA0
#3B719F
#2976BB
#276AB3
#3E7F9D
#4072B7
#2070A0
#3F829D
#3178AA color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#3178AA
- RGB49, 120, 170
- CMYK47, 20, 0, 33
- CSSrgb(49, 120, 170)
- HSL205°, 55%, 43%
- HSL Precise204.793°, 55.251%, 42.941%
- HSV205°, 71%, 67%
- HSB205°, 71%, 67%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.192
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.471
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.667
- GLSLvec3(0.192, 0.471, 0.667)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.192, 0.471, 0.667, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.192, 0.471, 0.667)
- Percentage of Red in RGB19.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB47.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB66.7%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID3178AA
- DECIMAL ID3242154
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers30 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
