Information about #5F87A5 color

#5F87A5 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#5F87A5 falls into the Azure Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(95, 135, 165) — 37.3% red, 52.9% green, 64.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 27 / 12 / 0 / 35. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #5F87A5 reads as a softly balanced steel-blue azure and feels open and friendly. 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 Air Force Blue (#5D8AA8). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Hoki (#65869F) and Dusty Blue (#5A86AD).

In RGB terms — rgb(95, 135, 165) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #5F87A5: 5.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.8:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #5F87A5 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#5F87A5 color variations

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

#5F87A5 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 #5F87A5

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

Hoki color link
Hoki

#65869F

Dusty Blue color link
Dusty Blue

#5A86AD

Greyish Blue color link
Greyish Blue

#5E819D

Grey Blue color link
Grey Blue

#6B8BA4

Off Blue color link
Off Blue

#5684AE

Glaucous color link
Glaucous

#6082B6

Horizon color link
Horizon

#648894

Bermuda Grey color link
Bermuda Grey

#6F8C9F

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5F87A5
  • RGB95, 135, 165
  • CMYK27, 12, 0, 35
  • CSSrgb(95, 135, 165)
  • HSL206°, 28%, 51%
  • HSL Precise205.714°, 28%, 50.98%
  • HSV206°, 42%, 65%
  • HSB206°, 42%, 65%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.373
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.529
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.647
  • GLSLvec3(0.373, 0.529, 0.647)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.373, 0.529, 0.647, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.373, 0.529, 0.647)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB37.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB52.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB64.7%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5F87A5
  • DECIMAL ID6260645
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01