Information about True Blue color
Basic facts about this digital color
#2D68C4 is a strongly colored steel-blue azure that carries an easy, daylight feel. 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 just a few steps away from Mariner (#286ACD). Slightly further away sit Celtic Blue (#246BCE) and Bluish (#2976BB).
In RGB terms — rgb(45, 104, 196) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 5.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.9:1. The name "True Blue" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
True Blue color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
True Blue color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
True Blue color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
True Blue color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
True Blue color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
True 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 True Blue color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to True Blue
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#286ACD
#246BCE
#2976BB
#276AB3
#3A5FCD
#216BD6
#2A52BE
#357EC7
#4070B8
#1569C7
#3457D5
#4072B7
True Blue color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#2D68C4
- RGB45, 104, 196
- CMYK59, 36, 0, 23
- CSSrgb(45, 104, 196)
- HSL217°, 63%, 47%
- HSL Precise216.556°, 62.656%, 47.255%
- HSV217°, 77%, 77%
- HSB217°, 77%, 77%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.176
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.408
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.769
- GLSLvec3(0.176, 0.408, 0.769)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.176, 0.408, 0.769, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.176, 0.408, 0.769)
- Percentage of Red in RGB17.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB40.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB76.9%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID2D68C4
- DECIMAL ID2975940
- Name Length9
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- Counting from2025-01-01
