#5088e2

Color #5088e2

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.43 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5088e2

RGB

rgb(80, 136, 226)

HSL

hsl(217, 71.6%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 64.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.6%, 39.8%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(56.88, 9.74, -51.25)

LCH

lch(56.88, 52.17, 280.76)

OKLCH

oklch(63.1%, 0.1484, 259.48)

HWB

hwb(217, 31.4%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2aa50

Analogous

#50d1e2

#5088e2

#6150e2

Triadic

#5088e2

#e25088

#88e250

Split-complementary

#5088e2

#e26150

#d1e250

Tetradic

#5088e2

#aa50e2

#e2aa50

#88e250

Square

#5088e2

#e250d1

#e2aa50

#50e261

Shades

Color #5088e2 mixed toward black.

#246adb

#1d55af

#164083

#0e2a58

#07152c

Tints

Color #5088e2 mixed toward white.

#6d9ce7

#8ab0ec

#a7c3f1

#c5d7f5

#e2ebfa

Tones

Color #5088e2 mixed toward gray.

#5c8bd6

#688eca

#7490be

#8193b1

#8d96a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6dd1 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#6965cc · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#54c2be · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 24

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5088e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5088e2]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#5088e2 (#5088e2) is rgb(80, 136, 226) in RGB.

No, #5088e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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