Information about #5A686E color

#5A686E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#5A686E falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(90, 104, 110) — 35.3% red, 40.8% green, 43.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 8 / 2 / 0 / 57. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #5A686E reads as a softly toned steel-blue azure and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Slate Grey (#59656D). Slightly further away sit Shuttle Grey (#61666B) and Cadet (#536872).

The recipe behind #5A686E is rgb(90, 104, 110), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 5.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #5A686E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#5A686E color variations

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

#5A686E 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 #5A686E

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

Slate Grey color link
Slate Grey

#59656D

Shuttle Grey color link
Shuttle Grey

#61666B

Cadet color link
Cadet

#536872

Black Coral color link
Black Coral

#54626F

Slate color link
Slate

#516572

Corduroy color link
Corduroy

#606E68

Pale Sky color link
Pale Sky

#636D70

Quarter Tuna color link
Quarter Tuna

#656A70

Streetwise color link
Streetwise

#4F6971

Comet color link
Comet

#636373

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5A686E
  • RGB90, 104, 110
  • CMYK8, 2, 0, 57
  • CSSrgb(90, 104, 110)
  • HSL198°, 10%, 39%
  • HSL Precise198°, 10%, 39.216%
  • HSV198°, 18%, 43%
  • HSB198°, 18%, 43%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.353
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.431
  • GLSLvec3(0.353, 0.408, 0.431)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.353, 0.408, 0.431, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.353, 0.408, 0.431)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB35.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB40.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB43.1%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID5A686E
  • DECIMAL ID5924974
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01