Information about #40596B color
Basic facts about this digital color
A moderately toned steel-blue azure, #40596B occupies the middle of the lightness scale. 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 almost identical to Dalek (#475769). Slightly further away sit East Bay (#47526E) and Undercurrent (#365C6C).
The recipe behind #40596B is rgb(64, 89, 107), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 7.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #40596B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#40596B color variations
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#40596B color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#40596B color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#40596B color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#40596B color hues
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#40596B 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 #40596B color
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Nearest named colors to #40596B
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#475769
#47526E
#365C6C
#4A556B
#445761
#424F71
#496267
#475877
#4B5A62
#4C516D
#4A646C
#4B5761
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#40596B
- RGB64, 89, 107
- CMYK17, 7, 0, 58
- CSSrgb(64, 89, 107)
- HSL205°, 25%, 34%
- HSL Precise205.116°, 25.146%, 33.529%
- HSV205°, 40%, 42%
- HSB205°, 40%, 42%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.251
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.349
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.420
- GLSLvec3(0.251, 0.349, 0.420)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.251, 0.349, 0.420, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.251, 0.349, 0.420)
- Percentage of Red in RGB25.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB34.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB42%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID40596B
- DECIMAL ID4217195
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers6 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
