Information about #5B869D color

#5B869D color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #5B869D is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Mild Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(91, 134, 157) — 35.7% red, 52.5% green, 61.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 26 / 9 / 0 / 38. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A moderately toned steel-blue azure, #5B869D 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 Greyish Blue (#5E819D). Slightly further away sit Hoki (#65869F) and Air Force Blue (#5D8AA8).

The recipe behind #5B869D is rgb(91, 134, 157), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 5.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #5B869D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#5B869D color variations

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#5B869D 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 #5B869D

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

Greyish Blue color link
Greyish Blue

#5E819D

Hoki color link
Hoki

#65869F

Horizon color link
Horizon

#648894

LuLu color link
LuLu

#637F95

Half Baked color link
Half Baked

#558F93

Stormy Blue color link
Stormy Blue

#507B9C

Dusty Blue color link
Dusty Blue

#5A86AD

Wishlist color link
Wishlist

#659295

Off Blue color link
Off Blue

#5684AE

Deep Seafoam color link
Deep Seafoam

#55979C

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5B869D
  • RGB91, 134, 157
  • CMYK26, 9, 0, 38
  • CSSrgb(91, 134, 157)
  • HSL201°, 27%, 49%
  • HSL Precise200.909°, 26.613%, 48.627%
  • HSV201°, 42%, 62%
  • HSB201°, 42%, 62%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.525
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.616
  • GLSLvec3(0.357, 0.525, 0.616)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.357, 0.525, 0.616, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.357, 0.525, 0.616)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB35.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB52.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB61.6%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5B869D
  • DECIMAL ID5998237
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01