Information about #515165 color

#515165 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#515165 falls into the Blue Color Family — Low Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(81, 81, 101) — 31.8% red, 31.8% green, 39.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 8 / 8 / 0 / 60. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #515165 reads as a calm, restrained deep-sea blue and holds a balanced mid-tone. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Haast Shale (#515664). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Hammerhead (#515769) and Jimmy Dean (#51535D).

The recipe behind #515165 is rgb(81, 81, 101), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #515165: 7.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.7:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:60), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #515165 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#515165 color variations

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

#515165 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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#9292A7

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#B6B6C4

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#DADAE1

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White

#FFFFFF

#515165 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#414151

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#31313D

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#202028

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Black

#000000

#515165 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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#636371

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Grey

#808080

#515165 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#515965

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#516165

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#516561

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#515165 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
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#666652
#666652

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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
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#5C6652
#5C6652

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#665C52
Triple Stonehenge

#665C52

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
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#525C66
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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
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#665252
#665252

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#526652
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#665266
#665266

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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#66525C
#66525C

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#666652
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#52665C
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Nearest named colors to #515165

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

Haast Shale color link
Haast Shale

#515664

Hammerhead color link
Hammerhead

#515769

Jimmy Dean color link
Jimmy Dean

#51535D

Compass color link
Compass

#4B5761

Independence color link
Independence

#4C516D

Maltese color link
Maltese

#585660

Vintage Indigo color link
Vintage Indigo

#4A556B

Chapta And Verse color link
Chapta And Verse

#574C5E

Mulled Wine color link
Mulled Wine

#524D5B

Aurora color link
Aurora

#5A4D60

Fiord color link
Fiord

#4B5A62

Half New Denim Blue color link
Half New Denim Blue

#535C64

#515165 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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#515165 color image #515165 color solid HD wallpaper 1170x2532 (Mobile)

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#515165
  • RGB81, 81, 101
  • CMYK8, 8, 0, 60
  • CSSrgb(81, 81, 101)
  • HSL240°, 11%, 36%
  • HSL Precise240°, 10.989%, 35.686%
  • HSV240°, 20%, 40%
  • HSB240°, 20%, 40%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.396
  • GLSLvec3(0.318, 0.318, 0.396)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.318, 0.318, 0.396, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.318, 0.318, 0.396)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB31.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB39.6%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID515165
  • DECIMAL ID5329253
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers18 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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