Information about #52659D color

#52659D color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#52659D falls into the Azure Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(82, 101, 157) — 32.2% red, 39.6% green, 61.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 29 / 22 / 0 / 38. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #52659D reads as a moderately toned steel-blue azure and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from San Marino (#4E6C9D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Breakwater (#536893) and Moderate Sapphire Blue (#4A61A8).

In RGB terms — rgb(82, 101, 157) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #52659D: 5.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.7:1 for black. #52659D has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#52659D color variations

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

#52659D 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 #52659D

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#52659D
  • RGB82, 101, 157
  • CMYK29, 22, 0, 38
  • CSSrgb(82, 101, 157)
  • HSL225°, 31%, 47%
  • HSL Precise224.8°, 31.381%, 46.863%
  • HSV225°, 48%, 62%
  • HSB225°, 48%, 62%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.322
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.396
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.616
  • GLSLvec3(0.322, 0.396, 0.616)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.322, 0.396, 0.616, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.322, 0.396, 0.616)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB32.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB39.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB61.6%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID52659D
  • DECIMAL ID5399965
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01