Information about #5195B2 color

#5195B2 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #5195B2 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Mild Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(81, 149, 178) — 31.8% red, 58.4% green, 69.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 38 / 11 / 0 / 30. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A softly balanced steel-blue azure, #5195B2 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 hair away from Toto (#519DAF). Nearby in the Register you will also find Hemisphere (#4E93BA) and Monge Blue (#4D8DB2).

In RGB terms — rgb(81, 149, 178) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #5195B2 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 6.3:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 3.3:1. #5195B2 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#5195B2 color variations

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#5195B2 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 #5195B2

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

Toto color link
Toto

#519DAF

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Monge Blue color link
Monge Blue

#4D8DB2

Such Fun color link
Such Fun

#489EA8

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Shakespeare color link
Shakespeare

#609AB8

Endorphin color link
Endorphin

#4190AD

Off Blue color link
Off Blue

#5684AE

Dusty Blue color link
Dusty Blue

#5A86AD

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5195B2
  • RGB81, 149, 178
  • CMYK38, 11, 0, 30
  • CSSrgb(81, 149, 178)
  • HSL198°, 39%, 51%
  • HSL Precise197.938°, 38.645%, 50.784%
  • HSV198°, 54%, 70%
  • HSB198°, 54%, 70%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.584
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.698
  • GLSLvec3(0.318, 0.584, 0.698)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.318, 0.584, 0.698, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.318, 0.584, 0.698)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB58.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB69.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5195B2
  • DECIMAL ID5346738
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01