Information about #2F5DB3 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #2F5DB3 reads as a clearly saturated steel-blue azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is just a few steps away from Mid Blue (#276AB3). Slightly further away sit Cerulean Blue (#2A52BE) and Violet Blue (#324AB2).
In RGB terms — rgb(47, 93, 179) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #2F5DB3: 6.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.3:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#2F5DB3 color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
#2F5DB3 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#2F5DB3 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#2F5DB3 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#2F5DB3 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#2F5DB3 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 #2F5DB3 color
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Nearest named colors to #2F5DB3
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#276AB3
#2A52BE
#324AB2
#2D68C4
#3246BA
#28589C
#2774AE
#1959A8
#26619C
#2D569B
#316EA0
#4070B8
#2F5DB3 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#2F5DB3
- RGB47, 93, 179
- CMYK52, 34, 0, 30
- CSSrgb(47, 93, 179)
- HSL219°, 58%, 44%
- HSL Precise219.091°, 58.407%, 44.314%
- HSV219°, 74%, 70%
- HSB219°, 74%, 70%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.184
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.365
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.702
- GLSLvec3(0.184, 0.365, 0.702)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.184, 0.365, 0.702, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.184, 0.365, 0.702)
- Percentage of Red in RGB18.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB36.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB70.2%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID2F5DB3
- DECIMAL ID3104179
- Name LengthThis color has no name
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- Counting from2025-01-01
