Information about #516790 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #516790 reads as a softly balanced steel-blue azure and sits on the lighter side of the spectrum. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Breakwater (#536893). Nearby in the Register you will also find Quantum Leap (#4F698B) and Waratah (#55698B).
The recipe behind #516790 is rgb(81, 103, 144), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 5.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.7:1. No one has named #516790 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#516790 color variations
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#516790 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#516790 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#516790 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#516790 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#516790 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 #516790 color
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Nearest named colors to #516790
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#536893
#4F698B
#55698B
#576D8E
#596A8B
#4C6B88
#5B6E91
#475F94
#4E6C9D
#436B95
#4E6E81
#597499
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#516790
- RGB81, 103, 144
- CMYK25, 16, 0, 44
- CSSrgb(81, 103, 144)
- HSL219°, 28%, 44%
- HSL Precise219.048°, 28%, 44.118%
- HSV219°, 44%, 56%
- HSB219°, 44%, 56%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.318
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.404
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.565
- GLSLvec3(0.318, 0.404, 0.565)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.318, 0.404, 0.565, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.318, 0.404, 0.565)
- Percentage of Red in RGB31.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB40.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB56.5%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID516790
- DECIMAL ID5334928
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
