Information about #04515C color

#04515C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#04515C falls into the Cyan Color FamilyFull Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(4, 81, 92) — 1.6% red, 31.8% green, 36.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 35 / 4 / 0 / 64. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #04515C reads as a pure, full-strength aqua cyan and stays on the darker end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Deep Teal (#00555A). Slightly further away sit Alltricks Duck Blue (#005162) and Deep Cyan (#005959).

The recipe behind #04515C is rgb(4, 81, 92), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #04515C: 9.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:64), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#04515C color variations

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

#04515C 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 #04515C

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

Deep Teal color link
Deep Teal

#00555A

Deep Cyan color link
Deep Cyan

#005959

St Kilda color link
St Kilda

#004559

Deep South color link
Deep South

#004853

Mosque color link
Mosque

#005F5B

Dark Teal color link
Dark Teal

#014D4E

Sherpa Blue color link
Sherpa Blue

#00494E

Deep Opal color link
Deep Opal

#00594E

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#04515C
  • RGB4, 81, 92
  • CMYK35, 4, 0, 64
  • CSSrgb(4, 81, 92)
  • HSL188°, 92%, 19%
  • HSL Precise187.5°, 91.667%, 18.824%
  • HSV188°, 96%, 36%
  • HSB188°, 96%, 36%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.016
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.361
  • GLSLvec3(0.016, 0.318, 0.361)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.016, 0.318, 0.361, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.016, 0.318, 0.361)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB1.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB31.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB36.1%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID04515C
  • DECIMAL ID282972
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01