Information about #4F86BB color

#4F86BB color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#4F86BB falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(79, 134, 187) — 31% red, 52.5% green, 73.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 42 / 21 / 0 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#4F86BB is a pleasantly vivid sky-leaning azure that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Cool Blue (#4984B8). Slightly further away sit Cyan Azure (#4E82B4) and Float (#4C81C3).

The recipe behind #4F86BB is rgb(79, 134, 187), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #4F86BB: 5.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.8:1 for white. No one has named #4F86BB so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#4F86BB color variations

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

#4F86BB 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 #4F86BB

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

Cyan Azure color link
Cyan Azure

#4E82B4

Float color link
Float

#4C81C3

Monge Blue color link
Monge Blue

#4D8DB2

Steel Blue color link
Steel Blue

#4682B4

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4F86BB
  • RGB79, 134, 187
  • CMYK42, 21, 0, 27
  • CSSrgb(79, 134, 187)
  • HSL209°, 44%, 52%
  • HSL Precise209.444°, 44.262%, 52.157%
  • HSV209°, 58%, 73%
  • HSB209°, 58%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.310
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.525
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • GLSLvec3(0.310, 0.525, 0.733)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.310, 0.525, 0.733, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.310, 0.525, 0.733)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB52.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB73.3%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID4F86BB
  • DECIMAL ID5211835
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01