Information about #517BB5 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#517BB5 presents itself as a confidently colored steel-blue azure — one that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Cyan Azure (#4E82B4). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Cool Blue (#4984B8) and Off Blue (#5684AE).
The recipe behind #517BB5 is rgb(81, 123, 181), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #517BB5: 4.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #517BB5 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#517BB5 color variations
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#517BB5 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#517BB5 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#517BB5 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#517BB5 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#517BB5 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #517BB5 color
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Nearest named colors to #517BB5
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#4E82B4
#4984B8
#5684AE
#4682B4
#526DB2
#4A79A8
#4C81C3
#5784C1
#5A86AD
#4682BF
#6082B6
#4A6CB4
#517BB5 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#517BB5
- RGB81, 123, 181
- CMYK39, 23, 0, 29
- CSSrgb(81, 123, 181)
- HSL215°, 40%, 51%
- HSL Precise214.8°, 40.323%, 51.373%
- HSV215°, 55%, 71%
- HSB215°, 55%, 71%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.318
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.482
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.710
- GLSLvec3(0.318, 0.482, 0.710)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.318, 0.482, 0.710, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.318, 0.482, 0.710)
- Percentage of Red in RGB31.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB48.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB71%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID517BB5
- DECIMAL ID5340085
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
