Information about #183C5C color

#183C5C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#183C5C falls into the Azure Color FamilyModerate Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(24, 60, 92) — 9.4% red, 23.5% green, 36.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 27 / 13 / 0 / 64. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#183C5C is a pleasantly vivid sky-leaning azure that stays on the darker end of the scale. In practice it works well for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Cello (#1E385B). Slightly further away sit Nationalist Blue (#174358) and Regal Blue (#203F58).

The recipe behind #183C5C is rgb(24, 60, 92), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #183C5C: 11.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.8:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:64) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. No one has named #183C5C so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#183C5C color variations

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

#183C5C 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 #183C5C

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

Cello color link
Cello

#1E385B

Regal Blue color link
Regal Blue

#203F58

Shipshape color link
Shipshape

#21425F

Apollo Blue color link
Apollo Blue

#163968

Biscay color link
Biscay

#1B3162

Delft Blue color link
Delft Blue

#1F305E

Blue Clouds color link
Blue Clouds

#273C5A

Dark Azure color link
Dark Azure

#274059

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#183C5C
  • RGB24, 60, 92
  • CMYK27, 13, 0, 64
  • CSSrgb(24, 60, 92)
  • HSL208°, 59%, 23%
  • HSL Precise208.235°, 58.621%, 22.745%
  • HSV208°, 74%, 36%
  • HSB208°, 74%, 36%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.094
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.235
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.361
  • GLSLvec3(0.094, 0.235, 0.361)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.094, 0.235, 0.361, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.094, 0.235, 0.361)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB9.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB23.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB36.1%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID183C5C
  • DECIMAL ID1588316
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01