Information about #425E8A color

#425E8A color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#425E8A falls into the Azure Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(66, 94, 138) — 25.9% red, 36.9% green, 54.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 28 / 17 / 0 / 46. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#425E8A is a moderately toned steel-blue azure that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Dusky Blue (#475F94). Slightly further away sit Wavelength (#3C6886) and Filmpro Sky Blue (#355D90).

The recipe behind #425E8A is rgb(66, 94, 138), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 6.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #425E8A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#425E8A color variations

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

#425E8A 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 #425E8A

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

Dusky Blue color link
Dusky Blue

#475F94

Wavelength color link
Wavelength

#3C6886

Wedgewood color link
Wedgewood

#4C6B88

Queen Blue color link
Queen Blue

#436B95

Quantum Leap color link
Quantum Leap

#4F698B

Twilight color link
Twilight

#4E518B

Matisse color link
Matisse

#365C7D

Dusk color link
Dusk

#4E5481

Ugly Blue color link
Ugly Blue

#31668A

Rustic Blue color link
Rustic Blue

#525D80

Hendrix color link
Hendrix

#4C567C

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#425E8A
  • RGB66, 94, 138
  • CMYK28, 17, 0, 46
  • CSSrgb(66, 94, 138)
  • HSL217°, 35%, 40%
  • HSL Precise216.667°, 35.294%, 40%
  • HSV217°, 52%, 54%
  • HSB217°, 52%, 54%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.369
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.541
  • GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.369, 0.541)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.369, 0.541, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.369, 0.541)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB36.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB54.1%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID425E8A
  • DECIMAL ID4349578
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01