Information about #5B6B7D color

#5B6B7D color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#5B6B7D falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(91, 107, 125) — 35.7% red, 42% green, 49% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 13 / 7 / 0 / 51. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #5B6B7D reads as a softly toned steel-blue azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Marble Blue (#566D7E). Slightly further away sit Jet Gray (#616D7E) and Mist Blue (#646D7E).

In RGB terms — rgb(91, 107, 125) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 5.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #5B6B7D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#5B6B7D color variations

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

#5B6B7D 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 #5B6B7D

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5B6B7D
  • RGB91, 107, 125
  • CMYK13, 7, 0, 51
  • CSSrgb(91, 107, 125)
  • HSL212°, 16%, 42%
  • HSL Precise211.765°, 15.741%, 42.353%
  • HSV212°, 27%, 49%
  • HSB212°, 27%, 49%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.420
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.490
  • GLSLvec3(0.357, 0.420, 0.490)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.357, 0.420, 0.490, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.357, 0.420, 0.490)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB35.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB42%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB49%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5B6B7D
  • DECIMAL ID5991293
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01