Information about #427EB0 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#427EB0 falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(66, 126, 176) — 25.9% red, 49.4% green, 69% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 43 / 20 / 0 / 31. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #427EB0 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 Steel Blue (#4682B4). Slightly further away sit Sports Star (#3D85B8) and Cool Blue (#4984B8).

The recipe behind #427EB0 is rgb(66, 126, 176), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #427EB0: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for white. No one has named #427EB0 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#427EB0 color variations

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

#427EB0 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#427EB0 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#427EB0 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#427EB0 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#427EB0 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
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#AE7242
#AE7242

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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
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#AEA842
#AEA842

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#AE4247
#AE4247

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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
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#42AEA8
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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
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#AE427D
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#7DAE42
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#7242AE
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#7DAE42
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#A842AE
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#AE7242
#AE7242

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#47AE42
#47AE42

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Nearest named colors to #427EB0

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

Steel Blue color link
Steel Blue

#4682B4

Sports Star color link
Sports Star

#3D85B8

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Moderate Azure color link
Moderate Azure

#4A79A8

Cyan Azure color link
Cyan Azure

#4E82B4

Moderate Cornflower Blue color link
Moderate Cornflower Blue

#4A85A8

Kasper Blue color link
Kasper Blue

#4072B7

Flat Blue color link
Flat Blue

#3C73A8

Primetime color link
Primetime

#3973A9

Cyan Blue Azure color link
Cyan Blue Azure

#4682BF

Onetta Blue color link
Onetta Blue

#4070B8

Endorphin color link
Endorphin

#4190AD

#427EB0 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#427EB0
  • RGB66, 126, 176
  • CMYK43, 20, 0, 31
  • CSSrgb(66, 126, 176)
  • HSL207°, 45%, 47%
  • HSL Precise207.273°, 45.455%, 47.451%
  • HSV207°, 63%, 69%
  • HSB207°, 63%, 69%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.494
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.690
  • GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.494, 0.690)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.494, 0.690, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.494, 0.690)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB49.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB69%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID427EB0
  • DECIMAL ID4357808
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited2 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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