Information about #4B8FCF color

#4B8FCF color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#4B8FCF falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(75, 143, 207) — 29.4% red, 56.1% green, 81.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 52 / 25 / 0 / 19. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #4B8FCF reads as a clearly saturated steel-blue azure and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Celestial Blue (#4997D0). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Rich Sky Blue (#528CD3) and Silk Blue (#488AC7).

In RGB terms — rgb(75, 143, 207) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #4B8FCF: 6.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.4:1 for white. #4B8FCF has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#4B8FCF color variations

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

#4B8FCF 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 #4B8FCF

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

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Titans Blue color link
Titans Blue

#4B92DB

Float color link
Float

#4C81C3

Tufts Blue color link
Tufts Blue

#3E8EDE

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Snap color link
Snap

#5BA0D0

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4B8FCF
  • RGB75, 143, 207
  • CMYK52, 25, 0, 19
  • CSSrgb(75, 143, 207)
  • HSL209°, 58%, 55%
  • HSL Precise209.091°, 57.895%, 55.294%
  • HSV209°, 64%, 81%
  • HSB209°, 64%, 81%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.294
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.561
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.812
  • GLSLvec3(0.294, 0.561, 0.812)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.294, 0.561, 0.812, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.294, 0.561, 0.812)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB29.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB56.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB81.2%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID4B8FCF
  • DECIMAL ID4952015
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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