Information about #2C596B color

#2C596B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #2C596B is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(44, 89, 107) — 17.3% red, 34.9% green, 42% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 25 / 7 / 0 / 58. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pleasantly vivid azure, #2C596B sits comfortably between light and dark. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Chathams Blue (#2C5971). Nearby in the Register you will also find Blumine (#305C71) and Humbec Dark Teal (#265B71).

In RGB terms — rgb(44, 89, 107) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #2C596B background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 7.6:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 2.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #2C596B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#2C596B color variations

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

#2C596B 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 #2C596B

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

Blumine color link
Blumine

#305C71

Casal color link
Casal

#2F6168

Marathon color link
Marathon

#305563

Undercurrent color link
Undercurrent

#365C6C

Spray Drift color link
Spray Drift

#2D5877

Venice Blue color link
Venice Blue

#2C5778

Spinnaker color link
Spinnaker

#2F4D66

Orient color link
Orient

#255B77

Lucifer color link
Lucifer

#2E5060

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#2C596B
  • RGB44, 89, 107
  • CMYK25, 7, 0, 58
  • CSSrgb(44, 89, 107)
  • HSL197°, 42%, 30%
  • HSL Precise197.143°, 41.722%, 29.608%
  • HSV197°, 59%, 42%
  • HSB197°, 59%, 42%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.173
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.349
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.420
  • GLSLvec3(0.173, 0.349, 0.420)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.173, 0.349, 0.420, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.173, 0.349, 0.420)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB17.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB34.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB42%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID2C596B
  • DECIMAL ID2906475
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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