Information about #516875 color

#516875 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#516875 falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(81, 104, 117) — 31.8% red, 40.8% green, 45.9% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 14 / 5 / 0 / 54. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A calm, restrained steel-blue azure, #516875 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 almost identical to Cadet (#536872). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Dark Electric Blue (#536878) and Slate (#516572).

The recipe behind #516875 is rgb(81, 104, 117), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #516875: 5.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.6:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #516875 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#516875 color variations

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

#516875 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 #516875

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

Cadet color link
Cadet

#536872

Slate color link
Slate

#516572

Streetwise color link
Streetwise

#4F6971

Black Coral color link
Black Coral

#54626F

Bismark color link
Bismark

#486C7A

Stormcloud color link
Stormcloud

#4F666A

Marble Blue color link
Marble Blue

#566D7E

Sabbatical color link
Sabbatical

#547377

Slate Grey color link
Slate Grey

#59656D

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#516875
  • RGB81, 104, 117
  • CMYK14, 5, 0, 54
  • CSSrgb(81, 104, 117)
  • HSL202°, 18%, 39%
  • HSL Precise201.667°, 18.182%, 38.824%
  • HSV202°, 31%, 46%
  • HSB202°, 31%, 46%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.459
  • GLSLvec3(0.318, 0.408, 0.459)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.318, 0.408, 0.459, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.318, 0.408, 0.459)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB40.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB45.9%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID516875
  • DECIMAL ID5335157
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01