Information about #5E96AE color

#5E96AE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #5E96AE is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Mild Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(94, 150, 174) — 36.9% red, 58.8% green, 68.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 31 / 9 / 0 / 32. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A moderately toned steel-blue azure, #5E96AE feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Ultramarine Color (#5D8CAE). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Shakespeare (#609AB8) and Air Force Blue (#5D8AA8).

In RGB terms — rgb(94, 150, 174) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #5E96AE background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 6.4:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 3.3:1. No one has named #5E96AE so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#5E96AE color variations

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

#5E96AE 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 #5E96AE

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

Crystal Blue color link
Crystal Blue

#68A0B0

Toto color link
Toto

#519DAF

Cadet Blue color link
Cadet Blue

#5F9EA0

Dusty Blue color link
Dusty Blue

#5A86AD

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Faded Blue color link
Faded Blue

#658CBB

Monge Blue color link
Monge Blue

#4D8DB2

Off Blue color link
Off Blue

#5684AE

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5E96AE
  • RGB94, 150, 174
  • CMYK31, 9, 0, 32
  • CSSrgb(94, 150, 174)
  • HSL198°, 33%, 53%
  • HSL Precise198°, 33.058%, 52.549%
  • HSV198°, 46%, 68%
  • HSB198°, 46%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.369
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.588
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.682
  • GLSLvec3(0.369, 0.588, 0.682)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.369, 0.588, 0.682, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.369, 0.588, 0.682)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB36.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB58.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB68.2%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5E96AE
  • DECIMAL ID6198958
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01