Information about #157FBC color

#157FBC color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#157FBC falls into the Azure Color FamilyHigh Saturation, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(21, 127, 188) — 8.2% red, 49.8% green, 73.7% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 65 / 24 / 0 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#157FBC presents itself as a strongly colored steel-blue azure — one that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Cyan Cornflower Blue (#188BC2). Slightly further away sit Nice Blue (#107AB0) and Water Blue (#0E87CC).

In RGB terms — rgb(21, 127, 188) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 4.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #157FBC is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#157FBC color variations

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

#157FBC 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 #157FBC

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#157FBC
  • RGB21, 127, 188
  • CMYK65, 24, 0, 26
  • CSSrgb(21, 127, 188)
  • HSL202°, 80%, 41%
  • HSL Precise201.916°, 79.904%, 40.98%
  • HSV202°, 89%, 74%
  • HSB202°, 89%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.082
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.498
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • GLSLvec3(0.082, 0.498, 0.737)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.082, 0.498, 0.737, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.082, 0.498, 0.737)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB8.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB49.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB73.7%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID157FBC
  • DECIMAL ID1408956
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01