Information about #5090BF color

#5090BF color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#5090BF falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(80, 144, 191) — 31.4% red, 56.5% green, 74.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 44 / 18 / 0 / 25. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#5090BF is a clearly saturated steel-blue azure that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Hemisphere (#4E93BA). Slightly further away sit Subzero (#5B8DBD) and Silk Blue (#488AC7).

In RGB terms — rgb(80, 144, 191) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #5090BF: 6.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.5:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#5090BF color variations

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

#5090BF 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 #5090BF

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

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Monge Blue color link
Monge Blue

#4D8DB2

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Float color link
Float

#4C81C3

Cyan Azure color link
Cyan Azure

#4E82B4

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5090BF
  • RGB80, 144, 191
  • CMYK44, 18, 0, 25
  • CSSrgb(80, 144, 191)
  • HSL205°, 46%, 53%
  • HSL Precise205.405°, 46.444%, 53.137%
  • HSV205°, 58%, 75%
  • HSB205°, 58%, 75%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.314
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.565
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.749
  • GLSLvec3(0.314, 0.565, 0.749)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.314, 0.565, 0.749, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.314, 0.565, 0.749)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB56.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB74.9%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5090BF
  • DECIMAL ID5279935
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01