Information about #4F99C5 color

#4F99C5 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#4F99C5 falls into the Azure Color FamilyModerate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(79, 153, 197) — 31% red, 60% green, 77.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 46 / 17 / 0 / 23. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#4F99C5 is a clearly saturated sky-leaning azure that carries an easy, daylight feel. It is a natural fit for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Hemisphere (#4E93BA). Slightly further away sit Celestial Blue (#4997D0) and Silk Blue (#488AC7).

The recipe behind #4F99C5 is rgb(79, 153, 197), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #4F99C5: 6.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.1:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#4F99C5 color variations

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

#4F99C5 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 #4F99C5

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

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Snap color link
Snap

#5BA0D0

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Aquarius color link
Aquarius

#43A8C5

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Maximum Blue color link
Maximum Blue

#47ABCC

Shakespeare color link
Shakespeare

#609AB8

Toto color link
Toto

#519DAF

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4F99C5
  • RGB79, 153, 197
  • CMYK46, 17, 0, 23
  • CSSrgb(79, 153, 197)
  • HSL202°, 50%, 54%
  • HSL Precise202.373°, 50.427%, 54.118%
  • HSV202°, 60%, 77%
  • HSB202°, 60%, 77%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.310
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.773
  • GLSLvec3(0.310, 0.600, 0.773)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.310, 0.600, 0.773, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.310, 0.600, 0.773)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB77.3%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID4F99C5
  • DECIMAL ID5216709
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01