Information about #4C99BD color

#4C99BD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#4C99BD falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(76, 153, 189) — 29.8% red, 60% green, 74.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 44 / 14 / 0 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#4C99BD is a clearly saturated steel-blue 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 Hemisphere (#4E93BA). Slightly further away sit Toto (#519DAF) and Monge Blue (#4D8DB2).

The recipe behind #4C99BD is rgb(76, 153, 189), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 6.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #4C99BD is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#4C99BD color variations

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

#4C99BD 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 #4C99BD

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

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Toto color link
Toto

#519DAF

Monge Blue color link
Monge Blue

#4D8DB2

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Aquarius color link
Aquarius

#43A8C5

Shakespeare color link
Shakespeare

#609AB8

Boston Blue color link
Boston Blue

#3B91B4

Endorphin color link
Endorphin

#4190AD

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4C99BD
  • RGB76, 153, 189
  • CMYK44, 14, 0, 26
  • CSSrgb(76, 153, 189)
  • HSL199°, 46%, 52%
  • HSL Precise199.115°, 46.122%, 51.961%
  • HSV199°, 60%, 74%
  • HSB199°, 60%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.298
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • GLSLvec3(0.298, 0.600, 0.741)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.298, 0.600, 0.741, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.298, 0.600, 0.741)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB29.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB74.1%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID4C99BD
  • DECIMAL ID5020093
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01