Information about General Motors Blue color
Basic facts about this digital color
#073980 presents itself as a intensely saturated sky-leaning azure — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Darkish Blue (#014182). Slightly further away sit Cubs Blue (#0E3386) and Twilight Blue (#0A437A).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(7, 57, 128)), which gives #073980 its character. On this background, white text reaches a 11.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.9:1. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "General Motors Blue" in the Register.
General Motors Blue color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
General Motors Blue color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
General Motors Blue color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
General Motors Blue color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
General Motors Blue color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
General Motors 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 General Motors Blue color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to General Motors Blue
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#014182
#0E3386
#0A437A
#08457E
#113775
#15317E
#004687
#00428C
#062A78
#003B6F
#004170
#002D72
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#073980
- RGB7, 57, 128
- CMYK47, 28, 0, 50
- CSSrgb(7, 57, 128)
- HSL215°, 90%, 26%
- HSL Precise215.207°, 89.63%, 26.471%
- HSV215°, 95%, 50%
- HSB215°, 95%, 50%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.027
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.224
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.502
- GLSLvec3(0.027, 0.224, 0.502)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.027, 0.224, 0.502, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.027, 0.224, 0.502)
- Percentage of Red in RGB2.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB22.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB50.2%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID073980
- DECIMAL ID473472
- Name Length19
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- Counting from2025-01-01
