Information about #8297C0 color

#8297C0 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #8297C0 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Mild Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(130, 151, 192) — 51% red, 59.2% green, 75.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 24 / 16 / 0 / 25. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A softly balanced steel-blue azure, #8297C0 appears airy and pastel-like. 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 Zephyr (#809AC6). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Delta Blue (#7C9ACD) and Dark Pastel Blue (#779ECB).

The recipe behind #8297C0 is rgb(130, 151, 192), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #8297C0 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 7.1:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.9:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#8297C0 color variations

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#8297C0 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 #8297C0

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

Zephyr color link
Zephyr

#809AC6

Delta Blue color link
Delta Blue

#7C9ACD

Greyblue color link
Greyblue

#77A1B5

Bluegrey color link
Bluegrey

#85A3B2

Blake color link
Blake

#88A7C8

Bluey Grey color link
Bluey Grey

#89A0B0

Rock Blue color link
Rock Blue

#93A2BA

Pewter Blue color link
Pewter Blue

#8BA8B7

Ashley Blue color link
Ashley Blue

#8699AB

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#8297C0
  • RGB130, 151, 192
  • CMYK24, 16, 0, 25
  • CSSrgb(130, 151, 192)
  • HSL220°, 33%, 63%
  • HSL Precise219.677°, 32.979%, 63.137%
  • HSV220°, 32%, 75%
  • HSB220°, 32%, 75%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.510
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.592
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.753
  • GLSLvec3(0.510, 0.592, 0.753)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.510, 0.592, 0.753, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.510, 0.592, 0.753)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB51%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB59.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB75.3%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID8297C0
  • DECIMAL ID8558528
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01