Information about #557EC3 color

#557EC3 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#557EC3 falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(85, 126, 195) — 33.3% red, 49.4% green, 76.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 43 / 27 / 0 / 24. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#557EC3 is a confidently colored steel-blue azure 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 practically indistinguishable from Havelock Blue (#5784C1). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Float (#4C81C3) and Danube (#5B89C0).

In RGB terms — rgb(85, 126, 195) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #557EC3: 5.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.1:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #557EC3 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#557EC3 color variations

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

#557EC3 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#557EC3 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#2B497C

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Black

#000000

#557EC3 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#557EC3 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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#557EC3 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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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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#55C364
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Nearest named colors to #557EC3

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

Havelock Blue color link
Havelock Blue

#5784C1

Float color link
Float

#4C81C3

Danube color link
Danube

#5B89C0

Cyan Blue Azure color link
Cyan Blue Azure

#4682BF

Silver Lake Blue color link
Silver Lake Blue

#5D89BA

Cyan Azure color link
Cyan Azure

#4E82B4

Subzero color link
Subzero

#5B8DBD

Skydiver color link
Skydiver

#4677C8

Cool Blue color link
Cool Blue

#4984B8

Glaucous color link
Glaucous

#6082B6

Silk Blue color link
Silk Blue

#488AC7

Rich Sky Blue color link
Rich Sky Blue

#528CD3

#557EC3 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#557EC3
  • RGB85, 126, 195
  • CMYK43, 27, 0, 24
  • CSSrgb(85, 126, 195)
  • HSL218°, 48%, 55%
  • HSL Precise217.636°, 47.826%, 54.902%
  • HSV218°, 56%, 76%
  • HSB218°, 56%, 76%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.494
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.765
  • GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.494, 0.765)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.494, 0.765, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.494, 0.765)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB49.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB76.5%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID557EC3
  • DECIMAL ID5603011
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers27 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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