Information about #5E6E99 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#5E6E99 falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(94, 110, 153) — 36.9% red, 43.1% green, 60% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 23 / 17 / 0 / 40. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #5E6E99 reads as a softly toned sky-leaning azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Panorama (#597499). Slightly further away sit Waikawa Grey (#5B6E91) and Deloras (#606AA1).

The recipe behind #5E6E99 is rgb(94, 110, 153), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #5E6E99: 5.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.2:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#5E6E99 color variations

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

#5E6E99 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 #5E6E99

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

Panorama color link
Panorama

#597499

Waikawa Grey color link
Waikawa Grey

#5B6E91

Deloras color link
Deloras

#606AA1

Kashmir Blue color link
Kashmir Blue

#576D8E

Breakwater color link
Breakwater

#536893

Elevate color link
Elevate

#60768B

San Marino color link
San Marino

#4E6C9D

Waratah color link
Waratah

#55698B

Blue Grey color link
Blue Grey

#607C8E

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5E6E99
  • RGB94, 110, 153
  • CMYK23, 17, 0, 40
  • CSSrgb(94, 110, 153)
  • HSL224°, 24%, 48%
  • HSL Precise223.729°, 23.887%, 48.431%
  • HSV224°, 39%, 60%
  • HSB224°, 39%, 60%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.369
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.431
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • GLSLvec3(0.369, 0.431, 0.600)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.369, 0.431, 0.600, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.369, 0.431, 0.600)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB36.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB43.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB60%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5E6E99
  • DECIMAL ID6188697
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01