Information about #4E99CA color

#4E99CA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #4E99CA is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(78, 153, 202) — 30.6% red, 60% green, 79.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 49 / 19 / 0 / 21. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A clearly saturated sky-leaning azure, #4E99CA feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Celestial Blue (#4997D0). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Carolina Blue (#56A0D3) and Snap (#5BA0D0).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(78, 153, 202)), which gives #4E99CA its character. If you plan to put text on a #4E99CA background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 6.7:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 3.1:1. No one has named #4E99CA so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#4E99CA color variations

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

#4E99CA 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 #4E99CA

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

Snap color link
Snap

#5BA0D0

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Titans Blue color link
Titans Blue

#4B92DB

Aquarius color link
Aquarius

#43A8C5

Maximum Blue color link
Maximum Blue

#47ABCC

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Blue Koi color link
Blue Koi

#659EC7

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4E99CA
  • RGB78, 153, 202
  • CMYK49, 19, 0, 21
  • CSSrgb(78, 153, 202)
  • HSL204°, 54%, 55%
  • HSL Precise203.71°, 53.913%, 54.902%
  • HSV204°, 61%, 79%
  • HSB204°, 61%, 79%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.306
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.792
  • GLSLvec3(0.306, 0.600, 0.792)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.306, 0.600, 0.792, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.306, 0.600, 0.792)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB30.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB79.2%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID4E99CA
  • DECIMAL ID5151178
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01