Information about #506273 color

#506273 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#506273 falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(80, 98, 115) — 31.4% red, 38.4% green, 45.1% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 14 / 7 / 0 / 55. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#506273 presents itself as a softly toned steel-blue azure — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Slate (#516572). Slightly further away sit Black Coral (#54626F) and Cadet (#536872).

In RGB terms — rgb(80, 98, 115) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 6.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #506273 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#506273 color variations

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

#506273 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 #506273

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

Slate color link
Slate

#516572

Black Coral color link
Black Coral

#54626F

Cadet color link
Cadet

#536872

Streetwise color link
Streetwise

#4F6971

Stormcloud color link
Stormcloud

#4F666A

Slate Grey color link
Slate Grey

#59656D

Snapshot color link
Snapshot

#505F67

Tax Break color link
Tax Break

#496569

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#506273
  • RGB80, 98, 115
  • CMYK14, 7, 0, 55
  • CSSrgb(80, 98, 115)
  • HSL209°, 18%, 38%
  • HSL Precise209.143°, 17.949%, 38.235%
  • HSV209°, 30%, 45%
  • HSB209°, 30%, 45%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.314
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.384
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.451
  • GLSLvec3(0.314, 0.384, 0.451)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.314, 0.384, 0.451, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.314, 0.384, 0.451)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB38.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB45.1%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID506273
  • DECIMAL ID5268083
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01