#2c4e96
It is a dark pastel azure color having an approximate luminance of 34%. It has a hue value of 221° indicating that this is a cold color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are YInMn Blue, B'dazzled Blue, USAFA Blue, Cobalt Blue, Dark Cornflower Blue, Sapphire, Violet-blue, Absolute Zero, Cerulean Blue and Liberty. A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.
The following list contains the conversion results of color #2c4e96
to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (44, 78, 150)
#2c4e96
hsl (220.8, 54.6%, 38%)
hsv (220.8, 70.7%, 58.8%)
lab (34.4, 13, -43.2)
xyz (9.3, 8.2, 29.9)
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The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.
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Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #2c4e96 respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.
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Tints
These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base color. This process results a scale from a dark pastel azure color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.
This color scale contains similar colors to Blue Yonder, Glaucous, Violet-blue (Crayola), Dark Blue-gray, Blue Bell, Cool Grey, Wild Blue Yonder, Maximum Blue Purple, Light Periwinkle, Periwinkle (Crayola), Lavender Gray, Lavender (Web), Ghost White, Gainsboro and Alice Blue.
Shades
These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a dark pastel azure color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.
This color scale contains similar colors to Yale Blue, Dark Cornflower Blue, Space Cadet, St. Patrick's Blue, Oxford Blue, Royal Blue (dark), Eigengrau, Raisin Black, Rich Black (FOGRA29) and Rich Black (FOGRA39).
Tones
These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a dark pastel azure color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.
This color scale contains similar colors to YInMn Blue, Purple Navy, Dark Cornflower Blue, B'dazzled Blue, Independence, Dark Liver, Black Coral and Davy's Grey.
Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.
We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively.
In the following tables these color schemes are present.
Monochromatic
The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.
This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of azure, blue and violet colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Indigo Dye, USAFA Blue, Aero, Iceberg, Dark Cornflower Blue, YInMn Blue, Maximum Blue Purple, Little Boy Blue, Eminence, Maximum Purple, Bright Lilac and Wisteria.
Complementary
The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.
This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of blue and yellow colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Han Blue, Blue Yonder, Army Green, Dark Moss Green, Olive Green and Dark Khaki.
Triadic
The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.
This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of blue, green and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Han Blue, Blue Yonder, Castleton Green, Blue-green (color Wheel), Green Sheen, Ocean Green, Kobe, Sienna, Dark Salmon and Middle Red.
Tetradic
The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.
This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of blue, red, yellow and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Han Blue, Blue Yonder, Antique Ruby, Claret, Salmon Pink, Light Coral, Army Green, Dark Moss Green, Olive Green, Dark Khaki, Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Verdigris and Green Sheen.
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