Information about #557486 color

#557486 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#557486 falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(85, 116, 134) — 33.3% red, 45.5% green, 52.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 19 / 7 / 0 / 47. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #557486 reads as a gently muted azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Seachange (#4E6E81). Slightly further away sit Marble Blue (#566D7E) and Kashmir Blue (#576D8E).

In RGB terms — rgb(85, 116, 134) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 5.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.2:1. #557486 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#557486 color variations

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

#557486 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 #557486

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

Seachange color link
Seachange

#4E6E81

Marble Blue color link
Marble Blue

#566D7E

Kashmir Blue color link
Kashmir Blue

#576D8E

Waratah color link
Waratah

#55698B

Elevate color link
Elevate

#60768B

Beetle Green color link
Beetle Green

#4C787E

Wedgewood color link
Wedgewood

#4C6B88

Quantum Leap color link
Quantum Leap

#4F698B

Waikawa Grey color link
Waikawa Grey

#5B6E91

Norwester color link
Norwester

#48798A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#557486
  • RGB85, 116, 134
  • CMYK19, 7, 0, 47
  • CSSrgb(85, 116, 134)
  • HSL202°, 22%, 43%
  • HSL Precise202.041°, 22.374%, 42.941%
  • HSV202°, 37%, 53%
  • HSB202°, 37%, 53%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.455
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.525
  • GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.455, 0.525)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.455, 0.525, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.455, 0.525)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB45.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB52.5%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID557486
  • DECIMAL ID5600390
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01