Information about #448BFD color

#448BFD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#448BFD falls into the Azure Color Family — Full Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(68, 139, 253) — 26.7% red, 54.5% green, 99.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 73 / 45 / 0 / 1. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#448BFD is a maximally vivid steel-blue azure that floats near the light end of the scale. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Spring Blue (#4590FF). Nearby in the Register you will also find Real Azure (#3B86FF) and Google Chrome Blue (#4C8BF5).

In RGB terms — rgb(68, 139, 253) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 6.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.3:1. No one has named #448BFD so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#448BFD color variations

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

#448BFD 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 #448BFD

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#448BFD
  • RGB68, 139, 253
  • CMYK73, 45, 0, 1
  • CSSrgb(68, 139, 253)
  • HSL217°, 98%, 63%
  • HSL Precise216.973°, 97.884%, 62.941%
  • HSV217°, 73%, 99%
  • HSB217°, 73%, 99%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.267
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.545
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.992
  • GLSLvec3(0.267, 0.545, 0.992)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.267, 0.545, 0.992, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.267, 0.545, 0.992)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB26.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB99.2%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID448BFD
  • DECIMAL ID4492285
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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