Information about #406896 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#406896 falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(64, 104, 150) — 25.1% red, 40.8% green, 58.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 34 / 18 / 0 / 41. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #406896 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 Queen Blue (#436B95). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Super Duper (#42639F) and Dusky Blue (#475F94).

In RGB terms — rgb(64, 104, 150) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #406896: 5.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.6:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #406896 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#406896 color variations

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

#406896 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 #406896

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

Queen Blue color link
Queen Blue

#436B95

Super Duper color link
Super Duper

#42639F

Dusky Blue color link
Dusky Blue

#475F94

Muted Blue color link
Muted Blue

#3B719F

San Marino color link
San Marino

#4E6C9D

Wavelength color link
Wavelength

#3C6886

Calypso color link
Calypso

#3D7188

Quantum Leap color link
Quantum Leap

#4F698B

Wedgewood color link
Wedgewood

#4C6B88

Lochmara color link
Lochmara

#316EA0

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#406896
  • RGB64, 104, 150
  • CMYK34, 18, 0, 41
  • CSSrgb(64, 104, 150)
  • HSL212°, 40%, 42%
  • HSL Precise212.093°, 40.187%, 41.961%
  • HSV212°, 57%, 59%
  • HSB212°, 57%, 59%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.588
  • GLSLvec3(0.251, 0.408, 0.588)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.251, 0.408, 0.588, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.251, 0.408, 0.588)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB25.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB40.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB58.8%
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID406896
  • DECIMAL ID4221078
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01