Information about #3E5184 color

#3E5184 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#3E5184 falls into the Azure Color Family — Mild Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(62, 81, 132) — 24.3% red, 31.8% green, 51.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 27 / 20 / 0 / 48. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #3E5184 reads as a moderately toned steel-blue azure and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. 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 Superhero (#374E88). Slightly further away sit Magik (#3E4C7A) and Takaka (#3D4D78).

The recipe behind #3E5184 is rgb(62, 81, 132), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #3E5184: 7.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.7:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#3E5184 color variations

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#3E5184 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 #3E5184

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

Superhero color link
Superhero

#374E88

Magik color link
Magik

#3E4C7A

Takaka color link
Takaka

#3D4D78

Matisse color link
Matisse

#365C7D

Purple Navy color link
Purple Navy

#4E5180

Dusk color link
Dusk

#4E5481

Hendrix color link
Hendrix

#4C567C

Chambray color link
Chambray

#475877

Twilight color link
Twilight

#4E518B

Chinese Blue color link
Chinese Blue

#365194

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#3E5184
  • RGB62, 81, 132
  • CMYK27, 20, 0, 48
  • CSSrgb(62, 81, 132)
  • HSL224°, 36%, 38%
  • HSL Precise223.714°, 36.082%, 38.039%
  • HSV224°, 53%, 52%
  • HSB224°, 53%, 52%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.243
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.518
  • GLSLvec3(0.243, 0.318, 0.518)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.243, 0.318, 0.518, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.243, 0.318, 0.518)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB24.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB31.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB51.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID3E5184
  • DECIMAL ID4084100
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01