Information about #405C6C color

#405C6C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #405C6C is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Mild Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(64, 92, 108) — 25.1% red, 36.1% green, 42.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 17 / 6 / 0 / 58. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A moderately toned steel-blue azure, #405C6C 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 a hair away from Dalek (#475769). Slightly further away sit Undercurrent (#365C6C) and Smalt Blue (#496267).

The recipe behind #405C6C is rgb(64, 92, 108), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 7.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 3.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #405C6C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#405C6C color variations

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#405C6C 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 #405C6C

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

Dalek color link
Dalek

#475769

Undercurrent color link
Undercurrent

#365C6C

Smalt Blue color link
Smalt Blue

#496267

East Bay color link
East Bay

#47526E

San Juan color link
San Juan

#445761

Tax Break color link
Tax Break

#496569

Blue Ashes color link
Blue Ashes

#3B5F78

Chambray color link
Chambray

#475877

Quayside color link
Quayside

#424F71

Fiord color link
Fiord

#4B5A62

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#405C6C
  • RGB64, 92, 108
  • CMYK17, 6, 0, 58
  • CSSrgb(64, 92, 108)
  • HSL202°, 26%, 34%
  • HSL Precise201.818°, 25.581%, 33.725%
  • HSV202°, 41%, 42%
  • HSB202°, 41%, 42%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.361
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.424
  • GLSLvec3(0.251, 0.361, 0.424)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.251, 0.361, 0.424, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.251, 0.361, 0.424)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB25.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB36.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB42.4%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID405C6C
  • DECIMAL ID4217964
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01