#5097e9

Color #5097e9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.26 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5097e9

RGB

rgb(80, 151, 233)

HSL

hsl(212.2, 77.7%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.2, 65.7%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.7%, 35.2%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(61.41, 3.24, -47.96)

LCH

lch(61.41, 48.07, 273.86)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.1419, 253.54)

HWB

hwb(212.2, 31.4%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9a250

Analogous

#50e3e9

#5097e9

#5650e9

Triadic

#5097e9

#e95097

#97e950

Split-complementary

#5097e9

#e95650

#e3e950

Tetradic

#5097e9

#a250e9

#e9a250

#97e950

Square

#5097e9

#e950e3

#e9a250

#50e956

Shades

Color #5097e9 mixed toward black.

#227be3

#1762b9

#114a8b

#0c315d

#06192e

Tints

Color #5097e9 mixed toward white.

#6da8ed

#8abaf0

#a8cbf4

#c5dcf8

#e2eefb

Tones

Color #5097e9 mixed toward gray.

#5d98dc

#6a99d0

#769ac3

#839bb6

#909ca9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7576d9 · ΔE 15.4

Deuteranopia

#716cd5 · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#55cbc8 · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 23.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5097e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5097e9]

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Frequently asked questions

#5097e9 (#5097e9) is rgb(80, 151, 233) in RGB.

No, #5097e9 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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