Information about #4281E0 color

#4281E0 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#4281E0 falls into the Azure Color FamilyHigh Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(66, 129, 224) — 25.9% red, 50.6% green, 87.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 62 / 37 / 0 / 12. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #4281E0 reads as a strongly colored steel-blue azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Tufts Blue (#3E8EDE). Slightly further away sit Brett-and-Dylan (#4E76E5) and Brilliant Cobalt Blue (#5189E7).

The recipe behind #4281E0 is rgb(66, 129, 224), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 5.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #4281E0 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#4281E0 color variations

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

#4281E0 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 #4281E0

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#4281E0
  • RGB66, 129, 224
  • CMYK62, 37, 0, 12
  • CSSrgb(66, 129, 224)
  • HSL216°, 72%, 57%
  • HSL Precise216.076°, 71.818%, 56.863%
  • HSV216°, 71%, 88%
  • HSB216°, 71%, 88%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.506
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.878
  • GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.506, 0.878)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.506, 0.878, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.506, 0.878)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB50.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB87.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID4281E0
  • DECIMAL ID4358624
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01