Information about #5BACD2 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #5BACD2 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(91, 172, 210) — 35.7% red, 67.5% green, 82.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 47 / 15 / 0 / 18. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A clearly saturated sky-leaning azure, #5BACD2 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 Snap (#5BA0D0). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Carolina Blue (#56A0D3) and Something Blue (#68ADD0).

The recipe behind #5BACD2 is rgb(91, 172, 210), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #5BACD2 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 8.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.5:1. No one has named #5BACD2 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#5BACD2 color variations

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#5BACD2 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 #5BACD2

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

Snap color link
Snap

#5BA0D0

Parachute color link
Parachute

#65B8D1

Viking color link
Viking

#4DB1C8

Blue Koi color link
Blue Koi

#659EC7

Maximum Blue color link
Maximum Blue

#47ABCC

Caps Blue color link
Caps Blue

#68B1E2

Malibu color link
Malibu

#66B7E1

Blue Gray color link
Blue Gray

#6699CC

Iceberg color link
Iceberg

#71A6D2

#5BACD2 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5BACD2
  • RGB91, 172, 210
  • CMYK47, 15, 0, 18
  • CSSrgb(91, 172, 210)
  • HSL199°, 57%, 59%
  • HSL Precise199.16°, 56.938%, 59.02%
  • HSV199°, 57%, 82%
  • HSB199°, 57%, 82%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.675
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.824
  • GLSLvec3(0.357, 0.675, 0.824)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.357, 0.675, 0.824, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.357, 0.675, 0.824)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB35.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB82.4%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5BACD2
  • DECIMAL ID6008018
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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