Information about #2C5BC9 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#2C5BC9 falls into the Azure Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(44, 91, 201) — 17.3% red, 35.7% green, 78.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 62 / 43 / 0 / 21. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #2C5BC9 reads as a strongly colored steel-blue azure and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of True Blue (#2D68C4). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Cerulean Blue (#2A52BE) and Byzantine Blue (#3457D5).

The recipe behind #2C5BC9 is rgb(44, 91, 201), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #2C5BC9: 6.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.4:1 for black. #2C5BC9 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#2C5BC9 color variations

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#2C5BC9 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 #2C5BC9

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

True Blue color link
True Blue

#2D68C4

Mariner color link
Mariner

#286ACD

New Car color link
New Car

#214FC6

Celtic Blue color link
Celtic Blue

#246BCE

Royal Blue color link
Royal Blue

#2B60DE

Flickr Blue color link
Flickr Blue

#216BD6

Denim color link
Denim

#1560BD

Bryan Blue color link
Bryan Blue

#3246BA

Blue Blue color link
Blue Blue

#2242C7

#2C5BC9 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#2C5BC9
  • RGB44, 91, 201
  • CMYK62, 43, 0, 21
  • HSL222°, 64%, 48%
  • HSL Precise222.038°, 64.082%, 48.039%
  • HSV222°, 78%, 79%
  • HSB222°, 78%, 79%
  • HEX ID2C5BC9
  • DECIMAL ID2907081
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • Percentage of Red in RGB17.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB35.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB78.8%
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