Information about #85979D color
Basic facts about this digital color
#85979D presents itself as a calm, restrained steel-blue azure — one that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Instinct (#8C979D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Quicksilver (#889A97) and Crescent (#839596).
In RGB terms — rgb(133, 151, 157) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #85979D: 6.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.0:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #85979D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#85979D color variations
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#85979D color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#85979D color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#85979D color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#85979D color hues
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#85979D 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 #85979D color
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Nearest named colors to #85979D
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#8C979D
#889A97
#839596
#889E9D
#8C9C9C
#899296
#888F98
#899694
#8B9695
#8A9794
#809D96
#858D99
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#85979D
- RGB133, 151, 157
- CMYK9, 2, 0, 38
- CSSrgb(133, 151, 157)
- HSL195°, 11%, 57%
- HSL Precise195°, 10.909%, 56.863%
- HSV195°, 15%, 62%
- HSB195°, 15%, 62%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.522
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.592
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.616
- GLSLvec3(0.522, 0.592, 0.616)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.522, 0.592, 0.616, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.522, 0.592, 0.616)
- Percentage of Red in RGB52.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB59.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB61.6%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID85979D
- DECIMAL ID8755101
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
