Information about #28407D color

#28407D color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #28407D is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(40, 64, 125) — 15.7% red, 25.1% green, 49% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 33 / 24 / 0 / 51. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#28407D presents itself as a pleasantly vivid azure — one that sits comfortably between light and dark. In practice it works well for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Astronaut (#283A77). Nearby in the Register you will also find Zoop De Loop (#254683) and Wet N Wild (#254375).

In RGB terms — rgb(40, 64, 125) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #28407D background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 9.9:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 2.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #28407D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#28407D color variations

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

#28407D 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 #28407D

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#28407D
  • RGB40, 64, 125
  • CMYK33, 24, 0, 51
  • CSSrgb(40, 64, 125)
  • HSL223°, 52%, 32%
  • HSL Precise223.059°, 51.515%, 32.353%
  • HSV223°, 68%, 49%
  • HSB223°, 68%, 49%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.157
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.490
  • GLSLvec3(0.157, 0.251, 0.490)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.157, 0.251, 0.490, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.157, 0.251, 0.490)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB15.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB25.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB49%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID28407D
  • DECIMAL ID2637949
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01