What is hex #1203AA color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a highly vibrant and energetic tone. It is perfect for drawing attention to critical elements like call-to-action buttons, highlights, or modern branding.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 7% red, 1% green and 67% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (18,3,170).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (89%, 98%, 0%, 33%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #1203AA features a hue of 245°, 98% saturation, and a brightness value of 67%.

Hex #1203AA Color Codes & Equivalents

RGB Values (18,3,170)
CMYK Values (89%, 98%, 0%, 33%)
HSV/HSB Values (245°, 98%, 67%)
Closest Web Safe
#000099
Inverse Color
#EDFC55
Closest Pantone®
Blue 072 C
Closest RAL
RAL 5002 [Ultramarine blue]
Complementary Color
#9BAA03

#1203AA Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#3F3F3F
Lightness (Desaturation)
#565656
Weighted (BT601)
#1B1B1B
Luma (BT709)
#121212

Hex #1203AA Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #1203AA is #9BAA03. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #1203AA you will find #9BAA03. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #1203AA is composed with colors #0347AA and #6503AA. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #1203AA with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #1203AA is composed with colors #47AA03 and #AA6503. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #1203AA is composed with colors #03AA12 and #AA1203. They are located to the right and left of your main color #1203AA with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #1203AA is composed with colors #AA1203, #9BAA03 and #039BAA A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #1203AA is composed with colors #AA0347, #9BAA03 and #03AA65 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette looks a lot like the Tetradic palette but it is less dark which is nicer in my opinion.

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #1203AA

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #1203AA.

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

Hex #1203AA in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #1203AA
Java new Color(18,3,170);
Python Color(#1203AA)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 18,3,170);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.07, green: 0.01, blue: 0.67, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(18, 3, 170)