Information about Curious Blue color
Basic facts about this digital color
A energetic, saturated steel-blue azure, #2596D1 feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for bold branding moments and attention-grabbing details. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Douban Blue (#2496CD). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Freefall (#1D95C9) and Blue Ivy (#3090C7).
The recipe behind #2596D1 is rgb(37, 150, 209), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #2596D1 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 6.4:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 3.3:1. The name "Curious Blue" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Curious Blue color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Curious Blue color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Curious Blue color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Curious Blue color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Curious Blue color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Curious Blue 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Curious Blue color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Curious Blue
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#2496CD
#1D95C9
#3090C7
#33A1C9
#21ABCD
#1CA9C9
#188BC2
#368BC1
#318CE7
#0E87CC
#0892D0
#3E8EDE
Curious Blue color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#2596D1
- RGB37, 150, 209
- CMYK67, 23, 0, 18
- CSSrgb(37, 150, 209)
- HSL201°, 70%, 48%
- HSL Precise200.581°, 69.919%, 48.235%
- HSV201°, 82%, 82%
- HSB201°, 82%, 82%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.145
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.588
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.820
- GLSLvec3(0.145, 0.588, 0.820)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.145, 0.588, 0.820, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.145, 0.588, 0.820)
- Percentage of Red in RGB14.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB58.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB82%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID2596D1
- DECIMAL ID2463441
- Name Length12
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- Counting from2025-01-01
