Information about #509BCE color

#509BCE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#509BCE falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(80, 155, 206) — 31.4% red, 60.8% green, 80.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 49 / 20 / 0 / 19. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #509BCE reads as a pleasantly vivid sky-leaning azure and 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 a hair away from Celestial Blue (#4997D0). Slightly further away sit Carolina Blue (#56A0D3) and Snap (#5BA0D0).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(80, 155, 206)), which gives #509BCE its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #509BCE: 6.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.0:1 for white. No one has named #509BCE so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#509BCE color variations

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

#509BCE 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 #509BCE

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

Snap color link
Snap

#5BA0D0

Titans Blue color link
Titans Blue

#4B92DB

Maximum Blue color link
Maximum Blue

#47ABCC

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Aquarius color link
Aquarius

#43A8C5

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Blue Gray color link
Blue Gray

#6699CC

Blue Koi color link
Blue Koi

#659EC7

Viking color link
Viking

#4DB1C8

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#509BCE
  • RGB80, 155, 206
  • CMYK49, 20, 0, 19
  • CSSrgb(80, 155, 206)
  • HSL204°, 56%, 56%
  • HSL Precise204.286°, 56.25%, 56.078%
  • HSV204°, 61%, 81%
  • HSB204°, 61%, 81%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.314
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.608
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.808
  • GLSLvec3(0.314, 0.608, 0.808)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.314, 0.608, 0.808, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.314, 0.608, 0.808)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID509BCE
  • DECIMAL ID5282766
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01