Information about #4D8DBB color

#4D8DBB color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#4D8DBB falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(77, 141, 187) — 30.2% red, 55.3% green, 73.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 43 / 18 / 0 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #4D8DBB reads as a clearly saturated sky-leaning azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Hemisphere (#4E93BA). Slightly further away sit Monge Blue (#4D8DB2) and Cool Blue (#4984B8).

The recipe behind #4D8DBB is rgb(77, 141, 187), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 5.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #4D8DBB is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#4D8DBB color variations

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

#4D8DBB 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 #4D8DBB

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

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Monge Blue color link
Monge Blue

#4D8DB2

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Cyan Azure color link
Cyan Azure

#4E82B4

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Float color link
Float

#4C81C3

Steel Blue color link
Steel Blue

#4682B4

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4D8DBB
  • RGB77, 141, 187
  • CMYK43, 18, 0, 27
  • CSSrgb(77, 141, 187)
  • HSL205°, 45%, 52%
  • HSL Precise205.091°, 44.715%, 51.765%
  • HSV205°, 59%, 73%
  • HSB205°, 59%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.302
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.553
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • GLSLvec3(0.302, 0.553, 0.733)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.302, 0.553, 0.733, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.302, 0.553, 0.733)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB30.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB55.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB73.3%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID4D8DBB
  • DECIMAL ID5082555
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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