Information about #487CCF color

#487CCF color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#487CCF falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(72, 124, 207) — 28.2% red, 48.6% green, 81.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 53 / 33 / 0 / 19. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#487CCF is a pleasantly vivid 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 practically indistinguishable from Skydiver (#4677C8). Slightly further away sit Marge Hair Blue (#4872D3) and Float (#4C81C3).

In RGB terms — rgb(72, 124, 207) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 5.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.2:1. #487CCF has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#487CCF color variations

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

#487CCF 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 #487CCF

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

Skydiver color link
Skydiver

#4677C8

Float color link
Float

#4C81C3

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Han Blue color link
Han Blue

#446CCF

Windows Blue color link
Windows Blue

#357EC7

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Titans Blue color link
Titans Blue

#4B92DB

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#487CCF
  • RGB72, 124, 207
  • CMYK53, 33, 0, 19
  • CSSrgb(72, 124, 207)
  • HSL217°, 58%, 55%
  • HSL Precise216.889°, 58.442%, 54.706%
  • HSV217°, 65%, 81%
  • HSB217°, 65%, 81%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.282
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.486
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.812
  • GLSLvec3(0.282, 0.486, 0.812)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.282, 0.486, 0.812, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.282, 0.486, 0.812)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB28.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB48.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB81.2%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID487CCF
  • DECIMAL ID4750543
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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