Information about #3C4756 color

#3C4756 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#3C4756 falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(60, 71, 86) — 23.5% red, 27.8% green, 33.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 10 / 6 / 0 / 66. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #3C4756 reads as a calm, restrained steel-blue azure and sits comfortably between light and dark. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Rhino (#3D4653). Nearby in the Register you will also find Wind Talker (#3A4859) and Skywater (#404653).

The recipe behind #3C4756 is rgb(60, 71, 86), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 9.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.2:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:66), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. No one has named #3C4756 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#3C4756 color variations

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

#3C4756 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 #3C4756

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

Rhino color link
Rhino

#3D4653

Wind Talker color link
Wind Talker

#3A4859

Skywater color link
Skywater

#404653

Ivanhoe color link
Ivanhoe

#3B4C57

Atomic color link
Atomic

#3D4B52

Limed Spruce color link
Limed Spruce

#394851

Mako color link
Mako

#444954

Ox Gray color link
Ox Gray

#414E54

Explorer color link
Explorer

#374E59

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#3C4756
  • RGB60, 71, 86
  • CMYK10, 6, 0, 66
  • CSSrgb(60, 71, 86)
  • HSL215°, 18%, 29%
  • HSL Precise214.615°, 17.808%, 28.627%
  • HSV215°, 30%, 34%
  • HSB215°, 30%, 34%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.235
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.278
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.337
  • GLSLvec3(0.235, 0.278, 0.337)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.235, 0.278, 0.337, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.235, 0.278, 0.337)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB23.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB27.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB33.7%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID3C4756
  • DECIMAL ID3950422
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01