Information about #505E88 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #505E88 reads as a mildly saturated classic blue and carries an easy, daylight feel. 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 Rustic Blue (#525D80). Slightly further away sit Lifesaver (#535E7F) and Quantum Leap (#4F698B).
The recipe behind #505E88 is rgb(80, 94, 136), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #505E88: 6.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.3:1 for black. No one has named #505E88 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#505E88 color variations
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#505E88 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#505E88 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#505E88 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#505E88 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#505E88 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 #505E88 color
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Nearest named colors to #505E88
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#525D80
#535E7F
#4F698B
#4E5481
#55698B
#4E518B
#4C6B88
#4C567C
#475F94
#536893
#596A8B
#4E5180
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#505E88
- RGB80, 94, 136
- CMYK22, 16, 0, 47
- CSSrgb(80, 94, 136)
- HSL225°, 26%, 42%
- HSL Precise225°, 25.926%, 42.353%
- HSV225°, 41%, 53%
- HSB225°, 41%, 53%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.314
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.369
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.533
- GLSLvec3(0.314, 0.369, 0.533)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.314, 0.369, 0.533, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.314, 0.369, 0.533)
- Percentage of Red in RGB31.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB36.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB53.3%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID505E88
- DECIMAL ID5267080
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
