Information about #5A90BF color

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Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #5A90BF is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(90, 144, 191) — 35.3% red, 56.5% green, 74.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 40 / 18 / 0 / 25. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A confidently colored steel-blue azure, #5A90BF sits on the lighter side of the spectrum. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Subzero (#5B8DBD). Nearby in the Register you will also find Danube (#5B89C0) and Silver Lake Blue (#5D89BA).

The recipe behind #5A90BF is rgb(90, 144, 191), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #5A90BF background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 6.2:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 3.4:1. #5A90BF has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#5A90BF color variations

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#5A90BF 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 #5A90BF

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

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Shakespeare color link
Shakespeare

#609AB8

Glaucous color link
Glaucous

#6082B6

Monge Blue color link
Monge Blue

#4D8DB2

Blue Koi color link
Blue Koi

#659EC7

Blue Gray color link
Blue Gray

#6699CC

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5A90BF
  • RGB90, 144, 191
  • CMYK40, 18, 0, 25
  • CSSrgb(90, 144, 191)
  • HSL208°, 44%, 55%
  • HSL Precise207.921°, 44.105%, 55.098%
  • HSV208°, 53%, 75%
  • HSB208°, 53%, 75%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.353
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.565
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.749
  • GLSLvec3(0.353, 0.565, 0.749)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.353, 0.565, 0.749, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.353, 0.565, 0.749)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB35.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB56.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB74.9%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5A90BF
  • DECIMAL ID5935295
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01