Information about #537CBA color

#537CBA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#537CBA falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(83, 124, 186) — 32.5% red, 48.6% green, 72.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 40 / 24 / 0 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #537CBA reads as a confidently colored azure and feels open and friendly. 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 Cyan Azure (#4E82B4). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Havelock Blue (#5784C1) and Float (#4C81C3).

In RGB terms — rgb(83, 124, 186) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #537CBA: 5.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.2:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #537CBA is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#537CBA color variations

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

#537CBA color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#537CBA color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#537CBA color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#537CBA color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#537CBA 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
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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
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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
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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
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #537CBA

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

Cyan Azure color link
Cyan Azure

#4E82B4

Havelock Blue color link
Havelock Blue

#5784C1

Float color link
Float

#4C81C3

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Off Blue color link
Off Blue

#5684AE

Glaucous color link
Glaucous

#6082B6

Cyan Blue Azure color link
Cyan Blue Azure

#4682BF

Steel Blue color link
Steel Blue

#4682B4

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Silver Lake Blue color link
Silver Lake Blue

#5D89BA

Anchor color link
Anchor

#526DB2

Dusty Blue color link
Dusty Blue

#5A86AD

#537CBA color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#537CBA
  • RGB83, 124, 186
  • CMYK40, 24, 0, 27
  • CSSrgb(83, 124, 186)
  • HSL216°, 43%, 53%
  • HSL Precise216.117°, 42.739%, 52.745%
  • HSV216°, 55%, 73%
  • HSB216°, 55%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.325
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.486
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • GLSLvec3(0.325, 0.486, 0.729)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.325, 0.486, 0.729, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.325, 0.486, 0.729)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB32.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB48.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB72.9%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID537CBA
  • DECIMAL ID5471418
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited5 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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