Information about #509DC3 color

#509DC3 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #509DC3 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(80, 157, 195) — 31.4% red, 61.6% green, 76.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 45 / 15 / 0 / 24. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A confidently colored steel-blue azure, #509DC3 sits on the lighter side of the spectrum. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Hemisphere (#4E93BA). Nearby in the Register you will also find Celestial Blue (#4997D0) and Aquarius (#43A8C5).

In RGB terms — rgb(80, 157, 195) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #509DC3 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 7.0:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 3.0:1. #509DC3 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#509DC3 color variations

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

#509DC3 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 #509DC3

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

Aquarius color link
Aquarius

#43A8C5

Snap color link
Snap

#5BA0D0

Maximum Blue color link
Maximum Blue

#47ABCC

Shakespeare color link
Shakespeare

#609AB8

Toto color link
Toto

#519DAF

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Viking color link
Viking

#4DB1C8

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Blue Koi color link
Blue Koi

#659EC7

#509DC3 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#509DC3
  • RGB80, 157, 195
  • CMYK45, 15, 0, 24
  • CSSrgb(80, 157, 195)
  • HSL200°, 49%, 54%
  • HSL Precise199.826°, 48.936%, 53.922%
  • HSV200°, 59%, 76%
  • HSB200°, 59%, 76%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.314
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.616
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.765
  • GLSLvec3(0.314, 0.616, 0.765)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.314, 0.616, 0.765, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.314, 0.616, 0.765)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB61.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB76.5%
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID509DC3
  • DECIMAL ID5283267
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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