Information about #5999BE color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#5999BE falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(89, 153, 190) — 34.9% red, 60% green, 74.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 40 / 15 / 0 / 25. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #5999BE reads as a pleasantly vivid 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 Shakespeare (#609AB8). Slightly further away sit Subzero (#5B8DBD) and Hemisphere (#4E93BA).

The recipe behind #5999BE is rgb(89, 153, 190), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #5999BE: 6.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.1:1 for white. No one has named #5999BE so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#5999BE color variations

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

#5999BE color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#5999BE color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#5999BE color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#5999BE 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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#5999BE 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 #5999BE

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

Shakespeare color link
Shakespeare

#609AB8

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Blue Koi color link
Blue Koi

#659EC7

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Silver Lake Blue color link
Silver Lake Blue

#5D89BA

Toto color link
Toto

#519DAF

Faded Blue color link
Faded Blue

#658CBB

Blue Gray color link
Blue Gray

#6699CC

Snap color link
Snap

#5BA0D0

Cerulean Frost color link
Cerulean Frost

#6D9BC3

Monge Blue color link
Monge Blue

#4D8DB2

#5999BE color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5999BE
  • RGB89, 153, 190
  • CMYK40, 15, 0, 25
  • CSSrgb(89, 153, 190)
  • HSL202°, 44%, 55%
  • HSL Precise201.98°, 43.723%, 54.706%
  • HSV202°, 53%, 75%
  • HSB202°, 53%, 75%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.349
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.745
  • GLSLvec3(0.349, 0.600, 0.745)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.349, 0.600, 0.745, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.349, 0.600, 0.745)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB34.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB74.5%
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5999BE
  • DECIMAL ID5872062
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited6 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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