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Information about #357CBB color

#357CBB color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#357CBB falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(53, 124, 187) — 20.8% red, 48.6% green, 73.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 53 / 25 / 0 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #357CBB reads as a clearly saturated sky-leaning azure and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Windows Blue (#357EC7). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Sports Star (#3D85B8) and Bluish (#2976BB).

The recipe behind #357CBB is rgb(53, 124, 187), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #357CBB: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.4:1 for white. #357CBB has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#357CBB color variations

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

#357CBB 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 #357CBB

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

Windows Blue color link
Windows Blue

#357EC7

Sports Star color link
Sports Star

#3D85B8

Bluish color link
Bluish

#2976BB

Kasper Blue color link
Kasper Blue

#4072B7

Onetta Blue color link
Onetta Blue

#4070B8

Steel Blue color link
Steel Blue

#4682B4

Lure color link
Lure

#2F77A9

Primetime color link
Primetime

#3973A9

UCLA Blue color link
UCLA Blue

#2774AE

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#357CBB
  • RGB53, 124, 187
  • CMYK53, 25, 0, 27
  • CSSrgb(53, 124, 187)
  • HSL208°, 56%, 47%
  • HSL Precise208.209°, 55.833%, 47.059%
  • HSV208°, 72%, 73%
  • HSB208°, 72%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.208
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.486
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • GLSLvec3(0.208, 0.486, 0.733)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.208, 0.486, 0.733, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.208, 0.486, 0.733)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB20.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB48.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB73.3%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID357CBB
  • DECIMAL ID3505339
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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