Information about #749FCD color

#749FCD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#749FCD falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(116, 159, 205) — 45.5% red, 62.4% green, 80.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 35 / 18 / 0 / 20. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #749FCD reads as a pleasantly vivid sky-leaning azure and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Dark Pastel Blue (#779ECB). Slightly further away sit Iceberg (#71A6D2) and Delta Blue (#7C9ACD).

The recipe behind #749FCD is rgb(116, 159, 205), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #749FCD: 7.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for white. No one has named #749FCD so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#749FCD color variations

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

#749FCD 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 #749FCD

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#749FCD
  • RGB116, 159, 205
  • CMYK35, 18, 0, 20
  • CSSrgb(116, 159, 205)
  • HSL211°, 47%, 63%
  • HSL Precise211.011°, 47.09%, 62.941%
  • HSV211°, 43%, 80%
  • HSB211°, 43%, 80%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.455
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.624
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.804
  • GLSLvec3(0.455, 0.624, 0.804)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.455, 0.624, 0.804, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.455, 0.624, 0.804)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB45.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB62.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80.4%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID749FCD
  • DECIMAL ID7643085
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01