Information about #476994 color

#476994 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#476994 falls into the Azure Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(71, 105, 148) — 27.8% red, 41.2% green, 58% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 30 / 17 / 0 / 42. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #476994 reads as a moderately toned steel-blue 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 Queen Blue (#436B95). Slightly further away sit Dusky Blue (#475F94) and San Marino (#4E6C9D).

The recipe behind #476994 is rgb(71, 105, 148), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #476994: 5.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.7:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#476994 color variations

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

#476994 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 #476994

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

Queen Blue color link
Queen Blue

#436B95

Dusky Blue color link
Dusky Blue

#475F94

San Marino color link
San Marino

#4E6C9D

Quantum Leap color link
Quantum Leap

#4F698B

Breakwater color link
Breakwater

#536893

Wedgewood color link
Wedgewood

#4C6B88

Super Duper color link
Super Duper

#42639F

Waratah color link
Waratah

#55698B

Calypso color link
Calypso

#3D7188

Kashmir Blue color link
Kashmir Blue

#576D8E

Wavelength color link
Wavelength

#3C6886

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#476994
  • RGB71, 105, 148
  • CMYK30, 17, 0, 42
  • CSSrgb(71, 105, 148)
  • HSL214°, 35%, 43%
  • HSL Precise213.506°, 35.16%, 42.941%
  • HSV214°, 52%, 58%
  • HSB214°, 52%, 58%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.278
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.412
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.580
  • GLSLvec3(0.278, 0.412, 0.580)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.278, 0.412, 0.580, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.278, 0.412, 0.580)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB27.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB41.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB58%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID476994
  • DECIMAL ID4680084
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01