Information about #175BD1 color

#175BD1 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #175BD1 belongs to the Azure Color Family, featuring High Saturation and Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(23, 91, 209) — 9% red, 35.7% green, 82% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 73 / 46 / 0 / 18. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#175BD1 is a energetic, saturated azure that feels open and friendly. It is a natural fit for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Blue Eyes (#1569C7). Its next-closest registered neighbors are New Car (#214FC6) and Flickr Blue (#216BD6).

In RGB terms — rgb(23, 91, 209) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #175BD1: 6.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.5:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #175BD1 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#175BD1 color variations

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

#175BD1 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 #175BD1

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

Blue Eyes color link
Blue Eyes

#1569C7

New Car color link
New Car

#214FC6

Flickr Blue color link
Flickr Blue

#216BD6

Denim color link
Denim

#1560BD

Celtic Blue color link
Celtic Blue

#246BCE

Mariner color link
Mariner

#286ACD

Royal Blue color link
Royal Blue

#2B60DE

Sapphire color link
Sapphire

#0F52BA

Science Blue color link
Science Blue

#0066CC

Trust Blue color link
Trust Blue

#0A64BC

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#175BD1
  • RGB23, 91, 209
  • CMYK73, 46, 0, 18
  • CSSrgb(23, 91, 209)
  • HSL218°, 80%, 45%
  • HSL Precise218.065°, 80.172%, 45.49%
  • HSV218°, 89%, 82%
  • HSB218°, 89%, 82%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.090
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.820
  • GLSLvec3(0.090, 0.357, 0.820)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.090, 0.357, 0.820, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.090, 0.357, 0.820)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB35.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB82%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID175BD1
  • DECIMAL ID1530833
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01