Information about #5199C9 color

#5199C9 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #5199C9 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(81, 153, 201) (31.8% red, 60% green, 78.8% blue), or CMYK 47 / 19 / 0 / 21 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #5199C9 reads as a confidently colored steel-blue azure and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Celestial Blue (#4997D0). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Carolina Blue (#56A0D3) and Snap (#5BA0D0).

The recipe behind #5199C9 is rgb(81, 153, 201), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #5199C9 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 6.7:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 3.1:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#5199C9 color variations

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#5199C9 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 #5199C9

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

Snap color link
Snap

#5BA0D0

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Titans Blue color link
Titans Blue

#4B92DB

Blue Koi color link
Blue Koi

#659EC7

Maximum Blue color link
Maximum Blue

#47ABCC

Aquarius color link
Aquarius

#43A8C5

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5199C9
  • RGB81, 153, 201
  • CMYK47, 19, 0, 21
  • CSSrgb(81, 153, 201)
  • HSL204°, 53%, 55%
  • HSL Precise204°, 52.632%, 55.294%
  • HSV204°, 60%, 79%
  • HSB204°, 60%, 79%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • GLSLvec3(0.318, 0.600, 0.788)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.318, 0.600, 0.788, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.318, 0.600, 0.788)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB78.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5199C9
  • DECIMAL ID5347785
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01