Information about #596578 color

#596578 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#596578 falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(89, 101, 120) — 34.9% red, 39.6% green, 47.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 12 / 7 / 0 / 53. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #596578 reads as a gently muted sky-leaning azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. 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 Dark Electric Blue (#536878). Slightly further away sit Cadet (#536872) and Slate (#516572).

The recipe behind #596578 is rgb(89, 101, 120), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #596578: 5.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.6:1 for black. No one has named #596578 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#596578 color variations

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

#596578 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 #596578

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

Cadet color link
Cadet

#536872

Slate color link
Slate

#516572

Marble Blue color link
Marble Blue

#566D7E

Black Coral color link
Black Coral

#54626F

Slate Grey color link
Slate Grey

#59656D

Comet color link
Comet

#636373

Lifesaver color link
Lifesaver

#535E7F

Jet Gray color link
Jet Gray

#616D7E

Streetwise color link
Streetwise

#4F6971

Rustic Blue color link
Rustic Blue

#525D80

Gateway color link
Gateway

#5E7175

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#596578
  • RGB89, 101, 120
  • CMYK12, 7, 0, 53
  • CSSrgb(89, 101, 120)
  • HSL217°, 15%, 41%
  • HSL Precise216.774°, 14.833%, 40.98%
  • HSV217°, 26%, 47%
  • HSB217°, 26%, 47%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.349
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.396
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.471
  • GLSLvec3(0.349, 0.396, 0.471)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.349, 0.396, 0.471, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.349, 0.396, 0.471)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB34.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB39.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB47.1%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID596578
  • DECIMAL ID5858680
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01