Information about #5988C5 color

#5988C5 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #5988C5 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(89, 136, 197) — 34.9% red, 53.3% green, 77.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 42 / 24 / 0 / 23. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A clearly saturated sky-leaning azure, #5988C5 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Danube (#5B89C0). Slightly further away sit Havelock Blue (#5784C1) and Subzero (#5B8DBD).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(89, 136, 197)), which gives #5988C5 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 5.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #5988C5 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#5988C5 color variations

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

#5988C5 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 #5988C5

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

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Float color link
Float

#4C81C3

Faded Blue color link
Faded Blue

#658CBB

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Glaucous color link
Glaucous

#6082B6

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5988C5
  • RGB89, 136, 197
  • CMYK42, 24, 0, 23
  • CSSrgb(89, 136, 197)
  • HSL214°, 48%, 56%
  • HSL Precise213.889°, 48.214%, 56.078%
  • HSV214°, 55%, 77%
  • HSB214°, 55%, 77%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.349
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.533
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.773
  • GLSLvec3(0.349, 0.533, 0.773)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.349, 0.533, 0.773, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.349, 0.533, 0.773)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB34.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB53.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB77.3%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5988C5
  • DECIMAL ID5867717
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01