Information about #559BBE color
Basic facts about this digital color
A clearly saturated steel-blue azure, #559BBE feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Hemisphere (#4E93BA). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Shakespeare (#609AB8) and Subzero (#5B8DBD).
In RGB terms — rgb(85, 155, 190) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #559BBE background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 6.8:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 3.1:1. No one has named #559BBE so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#559BBE color variations
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#559BBE color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#559BBE color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#559BBE color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#559BBE color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#559BBE 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 #559BBE color
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Nearest named colors to #559BBE
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#4E93BA
#609AB8
#5B8DBD
#519DAF
#659EC7
#5B89C0
#5BA0D0
#5D89BA
#4D8DB2
#56A0D3
#4997D0
#6699CC
#559BBE color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#559BBE
- RGB85, 155, 190
- CMYK41, 14, 0, 25
- CSSrgb(85, 155, 190)
- HSL200°, 45%, 54%
- HSL Precise200°, 44.681%, 53.922%
- HSV200°, 55%, 75%
- HSB200°, 55%, 75%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.608
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.745
- GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.608, 0.745)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.608, 0.745, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.608, 0.745)
- Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB60.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB74.5%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID559BBE
- DECIMAL ID5610430
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
