Color #279FB4

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Basic facts about this digital color

#279FB4 falls into the Cyan Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(39, 159, 180) — 15.3% red, 62.4% green, 70.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 55 / 8 / 0 / 29. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #279FB4 reads as a strongly colored aqua cyan and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Pelorous (#2599B2). Slightly further away sit Homebox Blue (#36A2B9) and Light Sea Green (#20B2AA).

The recipe behind #279FB4 is rgb(39, 159, 180), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 6.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #279FB4 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#279FB4 color variations

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

#279FB4 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.

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White

#279FB4 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.

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Black

#279FB4 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.

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Grey

#279FB4 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.

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#279FB4 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

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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

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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

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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

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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

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Nearest named colors to #279FB4

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

Pelorous

#2599B2

Homebox Blue

#36A2B9

Light Sea Green

#20B2AA

Peacock

#33A1C9

Boston Blue

#3B91B4

Moonstone

#3AA8C1

Freefall

#1D95C9

Pacific Blue

#1CA9C9

Blue Ivy

#3090C7

Douban Blue

#2496CD

Blue Green

#0D98BA

Scooter

#308EA0

#279FB4 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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#279FB4 color ORCN HD wallpaper 1170x2532 (Mobile)

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#279FB4 color solid HD wallpaper 3840x2160 (Desktop)

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#279FB4 color solid HD wallpaper 1170x2532 (Mobile)

Conversions between color systems and etc.

HEX#279FB4
RGB39, 159, 180
CMYK55, 8, 0, 29

HSL189°, 64%, 43%
HSL Precise188.936°, 64.384%, 42.941%
HSV189°, 78%, 71%
HSB189°, 78%, 71%

HEX ID279FB4
DECIMAL ID2596788
Name LengthThis color has no name

Color Family (Hue)Cyan
Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
Lightness FamilyLight

Percentage of Red in RGB15.3%
Percentage of Green in RGB62.4%
Percentage of Blue in RGB70.6%

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