Information about #526080 color

#526080 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#526080 falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(82, 96, 128) — 32.2% red, 37.6% green, 50.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 18 / 13 / 0 / 50. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #526080 reads as a softly toned sky-leaning azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. 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 Lifesaver (#535E7F). Slightly further away sit Rustic Blue (#525D80) and Dark Electric Blue (#536878).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(82, 96, 128)), which gives #526080 its character. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #526080: 6.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.3:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#526080 color variations

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

#526080 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 #526080

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

Lifesaver color link
Lifesaver

#535E7F

Rustic Blue color link
Rustic Blue

#525D80

Hendrix color link
Hendrix

#4C567C

Dusk color link
Dusk

#4E5481

Marble Blue color link
Marble Blue

#566D7E

Quantum Leap color link
Quantum Leap

#4F698B

Waratah color link
Waratah

#55698B

Seachange color link
Seachange

#4E6E81

Wedgewood color link
Wedgewood

#4C6B88

Slate color link
Slate

#516572

Purple Navy color link
Purple Navy

#4E5180

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#526080
  • RGB82, 96, 128
  • CMYK18, 13, 0, 50
  • CSSrgb(82, 96, 128)
  • HSL222°, 22%, 41%
  • HSL Precise221.739°, 21.905%, 41.176%
  • HSV222°, 36%, 50%
  • HSB222°, 36%, 50%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.322
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.376
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.502
  • GLSLvec3(0.322, 0.376, 0.502)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.322, 0.376, 0.502, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.322, 0.376, 0.502)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB32.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB37.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB50.2%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID526080
  • DECIMAL ID5398656
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01