Information about #5F8A9B color

#5F8A9B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#5F8A9B falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(95, 138, 155) — 37.3% red, 54.1% green, 60.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 24 / 7 / 0 / 39. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #5F8A9B reads as a calm, restrained azure and feels open and friendly. 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 a hair away from Hoki (#65869F). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Horizon (#648894) and Greyish Blue (#5E819D).

In RGB terms — rgb(95, 138, 155) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #5F8A9B: 5.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.8:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #5F8A9B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#5F8A9B color variations

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

#5F8A9B 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 #5F8A9B

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

Horizon color link
Horizon

#648894

Greyish Blue color link
Greyish Blue

#5E819D

Wishlist color link
Wishlist

#659295

LuLu color link
LuLu

#637F95

Half Baked color link
Half Baked

#558F93

Bounce color link
Bounce

#679394

Gothic color link
Gothic

#698890

Grey Blue color link
Grey Blue

#6B8BA4

Steel Teal color link
Steel Teal

#5F8A8B

Tsunami color link
Tsunami

#6B8393

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5F8A9B
  • RGB95, 138, 155
  • CMYK24, 7, 0, 39
  • CSSrgb(95, 138, 155)
  • HSL197°, 24%, 49%
  • HSL Precise197°, 24%, 49.02%
  • HSV197°, 39%, 61%
  • HSB197°, 39%, 61%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.373
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.541
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.608
  • GLSLvec3(0.373, 0.541, 0.608)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.373, 0.541, 0.608, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.373, 0.541, 0.608)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB37.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB60.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5F8A9B
  • DECIMAL ID6261403
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01