Information about #5599C3 color

#5599C3 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#5599C3 falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(85, 153, 195) — 33.3% red, 60% green, 76.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 43 / 16 / 0 / 24. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#5599C3 is a clearly saturated steel-blue azure that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Hemisphere (#4E93BA). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Subzero (#5B8DBD) and Shakespeare (#609AB8).

The recipe behind #5599C3 is rgb(85, 153, 195), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #5599C3: 6.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.1:1 for white. #5599C3 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#5599C3 color variations

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#5599C3 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 #5599C3

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

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Shakespeare color link
Shakespeare

#609AB8

Snap color link
Snap

#5BA0D0

Blue Koi color link
Blue Koi

#659EC7

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Blue Gray color link
Blue Gray

#6699CC

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Toto color link
Toto

#519DAF

#5599C3 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5599C3
  • RGB85, 153, 195
  • CMYK43, 16, 0, 24
  • CSSrgb(85, 153, 195)
  • HSL203°, 48%, 55%
  • HSL Precise202.909°, 47.826%, 54.902%
  • HSV203°, 56%, 76%
  • HSB203°, 56%, 76%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.765
  • GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.600, 0.765)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.600, 0.765, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.600, 0.765)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB76.5%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5599C3
  • DECIMAL ID5609923
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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