Information about #508AC3 color

#508AC3 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #508AC3 belongs to the Azure Color Family, featuring Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(80, 138, 195) (31.4% red, 54.1% green, 76.5% blue), or CMYK 45 / 22 / 0 / 24 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A clearly saturated steel-blue azure, #508AC3 carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Silk Blue (#488AC7). Slightly further away sit Havelock Blue (#5784C1) and Float (#4C81C3).

In RGB terms — rgb(80, 138, 195) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #508AC3: 5.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.6:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#508AC3 color variations

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

#508AC3 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 #508AC3

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

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Float color link
Float

#4C81C3

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Cyan Azure color link
Cyan Azure

#4E82B4

Monge Blue color link
Monge Blue

#4D8DB2

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#508AC3
  • RGB80, 138, 195
  • CMYK45, 22, 0, 24
  • CSSrgb(80, 138, 195)
  • HSL210°, 49%, 54%
  • HSL Precise209.739°, 48.936%, 53.922%
  • HSV210°, 59%, 76%
  • HSB210°, 59%, 76%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.314
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.541
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.765
  • GLSLvec3(0.314, 0.541, 0.765)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.314, 0.541, 0.765, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.314, 0.541, 0.765)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB76.5%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID508AC3
  • DECIMAL ID5278403
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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