Information about #76ADD9 color

#76ADD9 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #76ADD9 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(118, 173, 217) — 46.3% red, 67.8% green, 85.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 39 / 17 / 0 / 15. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A confidently colored steel-blue azure, #76ADD9 floats near the light end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Ruddy Blue (#76ABDF). Nearby in the Register you will also find Iceberg (#71A6D2) and Seagull (#77B7D0).

The recipe behind #76ADD9 is rgb(118, 173, 217), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #76ADD9 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 8.7:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.4:1. #76ADD9 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#76ADD9 color variations

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

#76ADD9 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 #76ADD9

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#76ADD9
  • RGB118, 173, 217
  • CMYK39, 17, 0, 15
  • CSSrgb(118, 173, 217)
  • HSL207°, 57%, 66%
  • HSL Precise206.667°, 56.571%, 65.686%
  • HSV207°, 46%, 85%
  • HSB207°, 46%, 85%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.463
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.851
  • GLSLvec3(0.463, 0.678, 0.851)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.463, 0.678, 0.851, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.463, 0.678, 0.851)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB46.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB85.1%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID76ADD9
  • DECIMAL ID7777753
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01