Information about #4C9CB7 color

#4C9CB7 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#4C9CB7 falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(76, 156, 183) — 29.8% red, 61.2% green, 71.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 42 / 11 / 0 / 28. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#4C9CB7 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 Toto (#519DAF). Slightly further away sit Hemisphere (#4E93BA) and Moderate Arctic Blue (#4A9CA8).

The recipe behind #4C9CB7 is rgb(76, 156, 183), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 6.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #4C9CB7 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#4C9CB7 color variations

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

#4C9CB7 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 #4C9CB7

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

Toto color link
Toto

#519DAF

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Such Fun color link
Such Fun

#489EA8

Monge Blue color link
Monge Blue

#4D8DB2

Endorphin color link
Endorphin

#4190AD

Soft Teal color link
Soft Teal

#44A9AA

Shakespeare color link
Shakespeare

#609AB8

Boston Blue color link
Boston Blue

#3B91B4

Aquarius color link
Aquarius

#43A8C5

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4C9CB7
  • RGB76, 156, 183
  • CMYK42, 11, 0, 28
  • CSSrgb(76, 156, 183)
  • HSL195°, 43%, 51%
  • HSL Precise195.14°, 42.629%, 50.784%
  • HSV195°, 58%, 72%
  • HSB195°, 58%, 72%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.298
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.612
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.718
  • GLSLvec3(0.298, 0.612, 0.718)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.298, 0.612, 0.718, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.298, 0.612, 0.718)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB29.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB61.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB71.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID4C9CB7
  • DECIMAL ID5020855
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01