Information about #5B95BB color

#5B95BB color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#5B95BB falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(91, 149, 187) — 35.7% red, 58.4% green, 73.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 38 / 15 / 0 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #5B95BB reads as a pleasantly vivid sky-leaning 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 Shakespeare (#609AB8). Slightly further away sit Subzero (#5B8DBD) and Silver Lake Blue (#5D89BA).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(91, 149, 187)), which gives #5B95BB its character. On this background, black text reaches a 6.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.3:1. #5B95BB has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#5B95BB color variations

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

#5B95BB 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 #5B95BB

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

Shakespeare color link
Shakespeare

#609AB8

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Hemisphere color link
Hemisphere

#4E93BA

Faded Blue color link
Faded Blue

#658CBB

Toto color link
Toto

#519DAF

Blue Koi color link
Blue Koi

#659EC7

Monge Blue color link
Monge Blue

#4D8DB2

Glaucous color link
Glaucous

#6082B6

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5B95BB
  • RGB91, 149, 187
  • CMYK38, 15, 0, 27
  • CSSrgb(91, 149, 187)
  • HSL204°, 41%, 55%
  • HSL Precise203.75°, 41.379%, 54.51%
  • HSV204°, 51%, 73%
  • HSB204°, 51%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.584
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • GLSLvec3(0.357, 0.584, 0.733)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.357, 0.584, 0.733, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.357, 0.584, 0.733)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB35.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB58.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB73.3%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5B95BB
  • DECIMAL ID6002107
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01