![NCS S 4040-R60B NCS S 4040-R60B](/images/ncs-s-4040-r60b/thumbnail.webp)
NCS S 5030-R60B
What color is NCS S 5030-R60B?
NCS is widely used in design, architecture, and industry as a standard for color communication and quality control.
The NCS color code consists of six characters that describe the color's hue, blackness, and chromaticness.
The first character is a letter that indicates the hue, which can be one of the four elementary colors (yellow, red, blue, and green) or one of the four intermediate colors (yellow-red, red-blue, blue-green, and green-yellow).
The second character is a number that indicates the percentage of blackness, which is the degree of darkness of the color.
The third character is a hyphen.
The fourth and fifth characters are numbers that indicate the percentage of chromaticness, which is the degree of saturation or purity of the color.
For example, the color code NCS S 5030-R60B means that the color has a hue of red (R), a blackness of 50%, a chromaticness of 30%, and a nuance of red-blue (R60B).
This means that the color is a dark and dull purple with a slight bluish tint.
Example of the palette with the NCS S 5030-R60B color
![Palette with colors: Medium electric blue, Pang and Blue green Picture with primary colors of Medium electric blue, Pang, Blue green, Flavescent and Antique fuchsia](/images/ncs-s-5030-r60b/ncs-s-5030-r60b-color-christmas-scene-with-a-blue-door.webp)
See these colors in NCS, PANTONE, RAL palettes...