Information about #537472 color

#537472 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #537472 is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with Low Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(83, 116, 114) — 32.5% red, 45.5% green, 44.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 13 / 0 / 1 / 55. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#537472 presents itself as a softly toned water-like cyan — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Sabbatical (#547377). Slightly further away sit Breaker Bay (#517B78) and Imprint (#5C7670).

The recipe behind #537472 is rgb(83, 116, 114), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 5.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #537472 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#537472 color variations

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

#537472 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 #537472

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

Sabbatical color link
Sabbatical

#547377

Breaker Bay color link
Breaker Bay

#517B78

Imprint color link
Imprint

#5C7670

Streetwise color link
Streetwise

#4F6971

Green Copper color link
Green Copper

#527F76

Gateway color link
Gateway

#5E7175

Cadet color link
Cadet

#536872

Odyssey color link
Odyssey

#4F6D69

Marble Blue color link
Marble Blue

#566D7E

Obelisk color link
Obelisk

#617274

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#537472
  • RGB83, 116, 114
  • CMYK13, 0, 1, 55
  • CSSrgb(83, 116, 114)
  • HSL176°, 17%, 39%
  • HSL Precise176.364°, 16.583%, 39.02%
  • HSV176°, 28%, 45%
  • HSB176°, 28%, 45%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.325
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.455
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.447
  • GLSLvec3(0.325, 0.455, 0.447)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.325, 0.455, 0.447, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.325, 0.455, 0.447)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB32.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB45.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB44.7%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID537472
  • DECIMAL ID5469298
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01