Information about #56697A color

#56697A color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#56697A falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(86, 105, 122) — 33.7% red, 41.2% green, 47.8% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 14 / 7 / 0 / 52. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A calm, restrained azure, #56697A 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 almost identical to Dark Electric Blue (#536878). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Marble Blue (#566D7E) and Cadet (#536872).

In RGB terms — rgb(86, 105, 122) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #56697A: 5.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.7:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #56697A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#56697A color variations

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

#56697A 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 #56697A

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

Marble Blue color link
Marble Blue

#566D7E

Cadet color link
Cadet

#536872

Slate color link
Slate

#516572

Sabbatical color link
Sabbatical

#547377

Streetwise color link
Streetwise

#4F6971

Seachange color link
Seachange

#4E6E81

Gateway color link
Gateway

#5E7175

Jet Gray color link
Jet Gray

#616D7E

Lifesaver color link
Lifesaver

#535E7F

Black Coral color link
Black Coral

#54626F

Slate Grey color link
Slate Grey

#59656D

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#56697A
  • RGB86, 105, 122
  • CMYK14, 7, 0, 52
  • CSSrgb(86, 105, 122)
  • HSL208°, 17%, 41%
  • HSL Precise208.333°, 17.308%, 40.784%
  • HSV208°, 30%, 48%
  • HSB208°, 30%, 48%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.337
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.412
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.478
  • GLSLvec3(0.337, 0.412, 0.478)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.337, 0.412, 0.478, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.337, 0.412, 0.478)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB33.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB41.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB47.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID56697A
  • DECIMAL ID5663098
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers6 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01