Information about #181740 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#181740 falls into the Blue Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(24, 23, 64) — 9.4% red, 9% green, 25.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 16 / 16 / 0 / 75. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #181740 reads as a pleasantly vivid classic blue and stays on the darker end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Navy Blue Bellflower (#191F45). Slightly further away sit Surfs Up (#1F2142) and Sonic Boom (#252042).

The recipe behind #181740 is rgb(24, 23, 64), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #181740: 17.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.2:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:75) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. No one has named #181740 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#181740 color variations

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#181740 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 #181740

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

Surfs Up color link
Surfs Up

#1F2142

Sonic Boom color link
Sonic Boom

#252042

Nite Life color link
Nite Life

#1D2134

Titans Navy color link
Titans Navy

#0C2340

Blue Night color link
Blue Night

#1F263B

Yankees Blue color link
Yankees Blue

#1C2841

Dark color link
Dark

#1B2431

Deep Cove color link
Deep Cove

#051040

Magnum color link
Magnum

#112331

#181740 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#181740
  • RGB24, 23, 64
  • CMYK16, 16, 0, 75
  • HSL241°, 47%, 17%
  • HSL Precise241.463°, 47.126%, 17.059%
  • HSV241°, 64%, 25%
  • HSB241°, 64%, 25%
  • HEX ID181740
  • DECIMAL ID1578816
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Blue
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • Percentage of Red in RGB9.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%
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