Information about #5979BE color

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Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #5979BE belongs to the Azure Color Family, featuring Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(89, 121, 190) (34.9% red, 47.5% green, 74.5% blue), or CMYK 40 / 27 / 0 / 25 for print. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pleasantly vivid azure, #5979BE 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 very close to Havelock Blue (#5784C1). Slightly further away sit Glaucous (#6082B6) and Float (#4C81C3).

In RGB terms — rgb(89, 121, 190) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #5979BE: 4.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for white. No one has named #5979BE so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#5979BE color variations

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

#5979BE color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#5979BE color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#5979BE color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#5979BE 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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#5979BE 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 #5979BE

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

Havelock Blue color link
Havelock Blue

#5784C1

Glaucous color link
Glaucous

#6082B6

Float color link
Float

#4C81C3

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Silver Lake Blue color link
Silver Lake Blue

#5D89BA

Cyan Azure color link
Cyan Azure

#4E82B4

Anchor color link
Anchor

#526DB2

Chetwode Blue color link
Chetwode Blue

#666FB4

Off Blue color link
Off Blue

#5684AE

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Cyan Blue Azure color link
Cyan Blue Azure

#4682BF

#5979BE color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5979BE
  • RGB89, 121, 190
  • CMYK40, 27, 0, 25
  • CSSrgb(89, 121, 190)
  • HSL221°, 44%, 55%
  • HSL Precise220.99°, 43.723%, 54.706%
  • HSV221°, 53%, 75%
  • HSB221°, 53%, 75%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.349
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.475
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.745
  • GLSLvec3(0.349, 0.475, 0.745)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.349, 0.475, 0.745, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.349, 0.475, 0.745)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB34.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB47.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB74.5%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5979BE
  • DECIMAL ID5863870
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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