Information about #2B4191 color

#2B4191 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#2B4191 falls into the Blue Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(43, 65, 145) — 16.9% red, 25.5% green, 56.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 40 / 31 / 0 / 43. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #2B4191 reads as a pleasantly vivid blue and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Dark Cornflower Blue (#26428B). Slightly further away sit Netherlands Blue (#21468B) and Kudos (#353A8B).

In RGB terms — rgb(43, 65, 145) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 9.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.3:1. #2B4191 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#2B4191 color variations

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

#2B4191 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 #2B4191

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#2B4191
  • RGB43, 65, 145
  • CMYK40, 31, 0, 43
  • CSSrgb(43, 65, 145)
  • HSL227°, 54%, 37%
  • HSL Precise227.059°, 54.255%, 36.863%
  • HSV227°, 70%, 57%
  • HSB227°, 70%, 57%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.169
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.255
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.569
  • GLSLvec3(0.169, 0.255, 0.569)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.169, 0.255, 0.569, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.169, 0.255, 0.569)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB16.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB25.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB56.9%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID2B4191
  • DECIMAL ID2834833
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01