Information about #596272 color

#596272 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#596272 falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(89, 98, 114) — 34.9% red, 38.4% green, 44.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 10 / 6 / 0 / 55. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #596272 reads as a gently muted azure and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Black Coral (#54626F). Slightly further away sit Slate Grey (#59656D) and Quadrant Grey (#595E6B).

In RGB terms — rgb(89, 98, 114) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 6.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.4:1. #596272 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#596272 color variations

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

#596272 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 #596272

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

Black Coral color link
Black Coral

#54626F

Slate Grey color link
Slate Grey

#59656D

Cadet color link
Cadet

#536872

Slate color link
Slate

#516572

Comet color link
Comet

#636373

Smoky color link
Smoky

#605D6B

Shuttle Grey color link
Shuttle Grey

#61666B

Streetwise color link
Streetwise

#4F6971

Stormcloud color link
Stormcloud

#4F666A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#596272
  • RGB89, 98, 114
  • CMYK10, 6, 0, 55
  • CSSrgb(89, 98, 114)
  • HSL218°, 12%, 40%
  • HSL Precise218.4°, 12.315%, 39.804%
  • HSV218°, 22%, 45%
  • HSB218°, 22%, 45%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.349
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.384
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.447
  • GLSLvec3(0.349, 0.384, 0.447)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.349, 0.384, 0.447, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.349, 0.384, 0.447)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB34.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB38.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB44.7%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID596272
  • DECIMAL ID5857906
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01