Information about #3C95B9 color

#3C95B9 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#3C95B9 falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(60, 149, 185) — 23.5% red, 58.4% green, 72.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 49 / 14 / 0 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #3C95B9 reads as a pleasantly vivid sky-leaning azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. 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 hair away from Boston Blue (#3B91B4). Slightly further away sit Endorphin (#4190AD) and Glacial Blue Ice (#368BC1).

The recipe behind #3C95B9 is rgb(60, 149, 185), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #3C95B9: 6.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.4:1 for white. No one has named #3C95B9 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#3C95B9 color variations

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#3C95B9 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 #3C95B9

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

Boston Blue color link
Boston Blue

#3B91B4

Endorphin color link
Endorphin

#4190AD

Homebox Blue color link
Homebox Blue

#36A2B9

Sports Star color link
Sports Star

#3D85B8

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Blue Ivy color link
Blue Ivy

#3090C7

Monge Blue color link
Monge Blue

#4D8DB2

Moonstone color link
Moonstone

#3AA8C1

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Peacock color link
Peacock

#33A1C9

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#3C95B9
  • RGB60, 149, 185
  • CMYK49, 14, 0, 27
  • CSSrgb(60, 149, 185)
  • HSL197°, 51%, 48%
  • HSL Precise197.28°, 51.02%, 48.039%
  • HSV197°, 68%, 73%
  • HSB197°, 68%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.235
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.584
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • GLSLvec3(0.235, 0.584, 0.725)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.235, 0.584, 0.725, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.235, 0.584, 0.725)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB23.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB58.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB72.5%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID3C95B9
  • DECIMAL ID3970489
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01