Information about #37699A color

#37699A color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#37699A falls into the Azure Color FamilyModerate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(55, 105, 154) — 21.6% red, 41.2% green, 60.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 39 / 19 / 0 / 40. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #37699A reads as a confidently colored steel-blue azure and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Lochmara (#316EA0). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Muted Blue (#3B719F) and Queen Blue (#436B95).

In RGB terms — rgb(55, 105, 154) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #37699A: 5.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.6:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #37699A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#37699A color variations

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

#37699A 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 #37699A

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

Lochmara color link
Lochmara

#316EA0

Muted Blue color link
Muted Blue

#3B719F

Queen Blue color link
Queen Blue

#436B95

Super Duper color link
Super Duper

#42639F

Ugly Blue color link
Ugly Blue

#31668A

Optimist color link
Optimist

#2B688D

Flat Blue color link
Flat Blue

#3C73A8

Primetime color link
Primetime

#3973A9

Lapis Lazuli color link
Lapis Lazuli

#26619C

Dusky Blue color link
Dusky Blue

#475F94

Calypso color link
Calypso

#3D7188

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#37699A
  • RGB55, 105, 154
  • CMYK39, 19, 0, 40
  • CSSrgb(55, 105, 154)
  • HSL210°, 47%, 41%
  • HSL Precise209.697°, 47.368%, 40.98%
  • HSV210°, 64%, 60%
  • HSB210°, 64%, 60%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.216
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.412
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.604
  • GLSLvec3(0.216, 0.412, 0.604)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.216, 0.412, 0.604, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.216, 0.412, 0.604)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB21.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB41.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB60.4%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID37699A
  • DECIMAL ID3631514
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01