Information about #5AADCD color

#5AADCD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #5AADCD is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(90, 173, 205) — 35.3% red, 67.8% green, 80.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 45 / 13 / 0 / 20. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A pleasantly vivid sky-leaning azure, #5AADCD carries an easy, daylight feel. 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 near neighbor of Snap (#5BA0D0). Slightly further away sit Something Blue (#68ADD0) and Viking (#4DB1C8).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(90, 173, 205)), which gives #5AADCD its character. On this background, black text reaches a 8.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.5:1. #5AADCD has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#5AADCD color variations

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#5AADCD 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 #5AADCD

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

Snap color link
Snap

#5BA0D0

Viking color link
Viking

#4DB1C8

Parachute color link
Parachute

#65B8D1

Maximum Blue color link
Maximum Blue

#47ABCC

Blue Koi color link
Blue Koi

#659EC7

Blue Gray color link
Blue Gray

#6699CC

Meltwater color link
Meltwater

#6EAEC0

Iceberg color link
Iceberg

#71A6D2

Aquarius color link
Aquarius

#43A8C5

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5AADCD
  • RGB90, 173, 205
  • CMYK45, 13, 0, 20
  • CSSrgb(90, 173, 205)
  • HSL197°, 53%, 58%
  • HSL Precise196.696°, 53.488%, 57.843%
  • HSV197°, 56%, 80%
  • HSB197°, 56%, 80%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.353
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.804
  • GLSLvec3(0.353, 0.678, 0.804)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.353, 0.678, 0.804, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.353, 0.678, 0.804)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB35.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80.4%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5AADCD
  • DECIMAL ID5942733
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01