Information about #5E8CBA color
Basic facts about this digital color
A clearly saturated steel-blue azure, #5E8CBA carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Silver Lake Blue (#5D89BA). Slightly further away sit Subzero (#5B8DBD) and Faded Blue (#658CBB).
In RGB terms — rgb(94, 140, 186) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #5E8CBA: 5.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.5:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#5E8CBA color variations
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#5E8CBA color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#5E8CBA color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#5E8CBA color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#5E8CBA color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#5E8CBA 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #5E8CBA color
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Nearest named colors to #5E8CBA
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#5D89BA
#5B8DBD
#658CBB
#5B89C0
#6082B6
#5D8CAE
#5784C1
#609AB8
#5A86AD
#5684AE
#4E93BA
#5D8AA8
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#5E8CBA
- RGB94, 140, 186
- CMYK36, 18, 0, 27
- CSSrgb(94, 140, 186)
- HSL210°, 40%, 55%
- HSL Precise210°, 40%, 54.902%
- HSV210°, 49%, 73%
- HSB210°, 49%, 73%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.369
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.549
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.729
- GLSLvec3(0.369, 0.549, 0.729)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.369, 0.549, 0.729, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.369, 0.549, 0.729)
- Percentage of Red in RGB36.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB54.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB72.9%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID5E8CBA
- DECIMAL ID6196410
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers325 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
