Information about #5A8BBA color

#5A8BBA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#5A8BBA falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(90, 139, 186) — 35.3% red, 54.5% green, 72.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 38 / 18 / 0 / 27. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#5A8BBA is a pleasantly vivid azure that carries an easy, daylight feel. It is a natural fit for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Silver Lake Blue (#5D89BA). Slightly further away sit Subzero (#5B8DBD) and Danube (#5B89C0).

In RGB terms — rgb(90, 139, 186) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #5A8BBA: 5.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.6:1 for white. No one has named #5A8BBA so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#5A8BBA color variations

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

#5A8BBA 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 #5A8BBA

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

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Faded Blue color link
Faded Blue

#658CBB

Glaucous color link
Glaucous

#6082B6

Dusty Blue color link
Dusty Blue

#5A86AD

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Off Blue color link
Off Blue

#5684AE

Monge Blue color link
Monge Blue

#4D8DB2

Cyan Azure color link
Cyan Azure

#4E82B4

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5A8BBA
  • RGB90, 139, 186
  • CMYK38, 18, 0, 27
  • CSSrgb(90, 139, 186)
  • HSL209°, 41%, 54%
  • HSL Precise209.375°, 41.026%, 54.118%
  • HSV209°, 52%, 73%
  • HSB209°, 52%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.353
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.545
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • GLSLvec3(0.353, 0.545, 0.729)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.353, 0.545, 0.729, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.353, 0.545, 0.729)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB35.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB72.9%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5A8BBA
  • DECIMAL ID5934010
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01