Information about KC Royals Blue color

#004687 - KC Royals Blue color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#004687, known as "KC Royals Blue", falls into the Azure Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(0, 70, 135) — 0% red, 27.5% green, 52.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 53 / 25 / 0 / 47. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#004687 is a maximally vivid steel-blue azure that holds a balanced mid-tone. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Porto Blue (#00428C). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Darkish Blue (#014182) and Congress Blue (#02478E).

In RGB terms — rgb(0, 70, 135) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #004687: 9.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for black. The name "KC Royals Blue" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.

KC Royals Blue color variations

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

KC Royals Blue color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
KC Royals Blue

#004687
#006BD0

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#1C91FF

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#68B6FF

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#B3DAFF

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White

#FFFFFF

KC Royals Blue color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
KC Royals Blue

#004687
#00366A

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#00294F

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#001B35

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#000D1A

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Black

#000000

KC Royals Blue color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
KC Royals Blue

#004687
#0F508D

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#245C91

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#3D6890

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#5C748A

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Grey

#808080

KC Royals Blue color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#5A0084

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#250084

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#000F84

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KC Royals Blue

#004687
#007984

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#00845A

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#008425

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KC Royals 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.

Complementary color schemes
#004687
KC Royals Blue

#004687

#854000
#854000

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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
#004687
KC Royals Blue

#004687

#858200
#858200

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#850002
#850002

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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
#000285
#000285

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#004687
KC Royals Blue

#004687

#008582
#008582

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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
#004687
KC Royals Blue

#004687

#850045
#850045

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#458500
#458500

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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
#004687
KC Royals Blue

#004687

#400085
#400085

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#854000
#854000

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#458500
#458500

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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
#004687
KC Royals Blue

#004687

#820085
#820085

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#854000
#854000

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#028500
#028500

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Nearest named colors to KC Royals Blue

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Porto Blue color link
Porto Blue

#00428C

Darkish Blue color link
Darkish Blue

#014182

Congress Blue color link
Congress Blue

#02478E

Lowes Blue color link
Lowes Blue

#004792

Dark Cerulean color link
Dark Cerulean

#08457E

Chelsea Blue color link
Chelsea Blue

#034694

Mavericks Blue color link
Mavericks Blue

#00538C

Deep Sea Blue color link
Deep Sea Blue

#015482

General Motors Blue color link
General Motors Blue

#073980

Twilight Blue color link
Twilight Blue

#0A437A

Medium Electric Blue color link
Medium Electric Blue

#035096

Windows XP Desktop color link
Windows XP Desktop

#004E98

KC Royals Blue color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#004687
  • RGB0, 70, 135
  • CMYK53, 25, 0, 47
  • CSSrgb(0, 70, 135)
  • HSL209°, 100%, 26%
  • HSL Precise208.889°, 100%, 26.471%
  • HSV209°, 100%, 53%
  • HSB209°, 100%, 53%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.000
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.275
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.529
  • GLSLvec3(0.000, 0.275, 0.529)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.000, 0.275, 0.529, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.000, 0.275, 0.529)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB0%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB27.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB52.9%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID004687
  • DECIMAL ID18055
  • Name Length14
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  • Counting from2025-01-01

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