Information about #47536B color

#47536B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #47536B is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Low Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(71, 83, 107) — 27.8% red, 32.5% green, 42% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 14 / 9 / 0 / 58. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#47536B presents itself as a calm, restrained steel-blue azure — one that sits comfortably between light and dark. It is a natural fit for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from East Bay (#47526E). Nearby in the Register you will also find Vintage Indigo (#4A556B) and Dalek (#475769).

The recipe behind #47536B is rgb(71, 83, 107), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #47536B background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 7.7:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 2.7:1. #47536B has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#47536B color variations

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

#47536B 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 #47536B

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

East Bay color link
East Bay

#47526E

Dalek color link
Dalek

#475769

Independence color link
Independence

#4C516D

Quayside color link
Quayside

#424F71

Night Moves color link
Night Moves

#454C73

Hammerhead color link
Hammerhead

#515769

San Juan color link
San Juan

#445761

Compass color link
Compass

#4B5761

Fiord color link
Fiord

#4B5A62

Enigma color link
Enigma

#515072

Haast Shale color link
Haast Shale

#515664

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#47536B
  • RGB71, 83, 107
  • CMYK14, 9, 0, 58
  • CSSrgb(71, 83, 107)
  • HSL220°, 20%, 35%
  • HSL Precise220°, 20.225%, 34.902%
  • HSV220°, 34%, 42%
  • HSB220°, 34%, 42%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.278
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.325
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.420
  • GLSLvec3(0.278, 0.325, 0.420)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.278, 0.325, 0.420, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.278, 0.325, 0.420)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB27.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB32.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB42%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID47536B
  • DECIMAL ID4674411
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01