Information about #2B5E87 color

#2B5E87 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#2B5E87 falls into the Azure Color FamilyModerate Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(43, 94, 135) — 16.9% red, 36.9% green, 52.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 36 / 16 / 0 / 47. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #2B5E87 reads as a clearly saturated sky-leaning azure and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Light Navy Blue (#2E5A88). Slightly further away sit Ugly Blue (#31668A) and Bahama Blue (#25597F).

The recipe behind #2B5E87 is rgb(43, 94, 135), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #2B5E87: 6.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.1:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#2B5E87 color variations

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#2B5E87 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 #2B5E87

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

Ugly Blue color link
Ugly Blue

#31668A

Bahama Blue color link
Bahama Blue

#25597F

Optimist color link
Optimist

#2B688D

Yarra color link
Yarra

#20608E

Blue Jay color link
Blue Jay

#2B547E

Dusk Blue color link
Dusk Blue

#26538D

Matisse color link
Matisse

#365C7D

Boogie Blue color link
Boogie Blue

#24508A

Venice Blue color link
Venice Blue

#2C5778

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#2B5E87
  • RGB43, 94, 135
  • CMYK36, 16, 0, 47
  • CSSrgb(43, 94, 135)
  • HSL207°, 52%, 35%
  • HSL Precise206.739°, 51.685%, 34.902%
  • HSV207°, 68%, 53%
  • HSB207°, 68%, 53%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.169
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.369
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.529
  • GLSLvec3(0.169, 0.369, 0.529)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.169, 0.369, 0.529, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.169, 0.369, 0.529)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB16.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB36.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB52.9%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID2B5E87
  • DECIMAL ID2842247
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01