Information about #5A5978 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#5A5978 falls into the Blue Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(90, 89, 120) — 35.3% red, 34.9% green, 47.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 12 / 12 / 0 / 53. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #5A5978 reads as a softly toned deep-sea blue and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Covert (#645977). Slightly further away sit Safflower (#5A4F74) and Lifesaver (#535E7F).

In RGB terms — rgb(90, 89, 120) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #5A5978: 6.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.1:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#5A5978 color variations

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

#5A5978 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#5A5978 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#5A5978 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#5A5978 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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#5A5978 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 #5A5978

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

Covert color link
Covert

#645977

Safflower color link
Safflower

#5A4F74

Lifesaver color link
Lifesaver

#535E7F

Rustic Blue color link
Rustic Blue

#525D80

Quadrant Grey color link
Quadrant Grey

#595E6B

Enigma color link
Enigma

#515072

Black Coral color link
Black Coral

#54626F

Comet color link
Comet

#636373

Hendrix color link
Hendrix

#4C567C

Smoky color link
Smoky

#605D6B

High Society color link
High Society

#695B7C

Dusk color link
Dusk

#4E5481

#5A5978 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5A5978
  • RGB90, 89, 120
  • CMYK12, 12, 0, 53
  • CSSrgb(90, 89, 120)
  • HSL242°, 15%, 41%
  • HSL Precise241.935°, 14.833%, 40.98%
  • HSV242°, 26%, 47%
  • HSB242°, 26%, 47%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.353
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.349
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.471
  • GLSLvec3(0.353, 0.349, 0.471)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.353, 0.349, 0.471, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.353, 0.349, 0.471)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB35.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB34.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB47.1%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5A5978
  • DECIMAL ID5921144
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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