Dirty Blue

The color code of Dirty Blue indicates, that blue is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with green it forms the basic color cyan, which determines the initial color impression along with the remains of blue. Learn more …

But due to the amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Dirty Blue is somewhat limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 29 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 45 %, Dirty Blue is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#497b93`
RGB	`rgb(73, 123, 147)`
HSL*	`hsl(199, 34%, 43%)`
Lab*	`49.12 -9.89 -18.19`
CMYK*	`50% 16% 0% 42%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

42 %

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