Information about #537979 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #537979 is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with Low Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(83, 121, 121) — 32.5% red, 47.5% green, 47.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 15 / 0 / 0 / 53. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A calm, restrained water-like cyan, #537979 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 hair away from Breaker Bay (#517B78). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Sabbatical (#547377) and Green Copper (#527F76).

In RGB terms — rgb(83, 121, 121) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #537979 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 4.8:1 (passing WCAG AA), while black manages only 4.4:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#537979 color variations

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

#537979 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#537979 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#537979 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#537979 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#537979 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
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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
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#796653
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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
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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
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #537979

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

Breaker Bay color link
Breaker Bay

#517B78

Sabbatical color link
Sabbatical

#547377

Green Copper color link
Green Copper

#527F76

Beetle Green color link
Beetle Green

#4C787E

Grayish Turquoise color link
Grayish Turquoise

#5E7D7E

Imprint color link
Imprint

#5C7670

Marble Blue color link
Marble Blue

#566D7E

Half Smalt Blue color link
Half Smalt Blue

#5E7C80

Cutty Sark color link
Cutty Sark

#5C8173

seibel-green color link
seibel-green

#56826F

Gateway color link
Gateway

#5E7175

Seachange color link
Seachange

#4E6E81

#537979 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#537979
  • RGB83, 121, 121
  • CMYK15, 0, 0, 53
  • CSSrgb(83, 121, 121)
  • HSL180°, 19%, 40%
  • HSL Precise180°, 18.627%, 40%
  • HSV180°, 31%, 47%
  • HSB180°, 31%, 47%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.325
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.475
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.475
  • GLSLvec3(0.325, 0.475, 0.475)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.325, 0.475, 0.475, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.325, 0.475, 0.475)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB32.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB47.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB47.5%
  • Color Family (Hue)Cyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID537979
  • DECIMAL ID5470585
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited6 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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