Information about #4C88BC color

#4C88BC color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #4C88BC is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(76, 136, 188) — 29.8% red, 53.3% green, 73.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 44 / 20 / 0 / 26. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A clearly saturated steel-blue azure, #4C88BC carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Cool Blue (#4984B8). Slightly further away sit Cyan Blue Azure (#4682BF) and Float (#4C81C3).

In RGB terms — rgb(76, 136, 188) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 5.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #4C88BC is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#4C88BC color variations

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

#4C88BC 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 #4C88BC

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

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Float color link
Float

#4C81C3

Cyan Azure color link
Cyan Azure

#4E82B4

Monge Blue color link
Monge Blue

#4D8DB2

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Steel Blue color link
Steel Blue

#4682B4

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Sports Star color link
Sports Star

#3D85B8

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4C88BC
  • RGB76, 136, 188
  • CMYK44, 20, 0, 26
  • CSSrgb(76, 136, 188)
  • HSL208°, 46%, 52%
  • HSL Precise207.857°, 45.528%, 51.765%
  • HSV208°, 60%, 74%
  • HSB208°, 60%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.298
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.533
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • GLSLvec3(0.298, 0.533, 0.737)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.298, 0.533, 0.737, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.298, 0.533, 0.737)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB29.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB53.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB73.7%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID4C88BC
  • DECIMAL ID5015740
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01