#509eee

Color #509eee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.87 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#509eee

RGB

rgb(80, 158, 238)

HSL

hsl(210.4, 82.3%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.4, 66.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.4%, 33.6%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(63.61, 0.87, -47.24)

LCH

lch(63.61, 47.25, 271.06)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.1415, 251.12)

HWB

hwb(210.4, 31.4%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eea050

Analogous

#50edee

#509eee

#5150ee

Triadic

#509eee

#ee509e

#9eee50

Split-complementary

#509eee

#ee5150

#edee50

Tetradic

#509eee

#a050ee

#eea050

#9eee50

Square

#509eee

#ee50ed

#eea050

#50ee51

Shades

Color #509eee mixed toward black.

#2083e9

#1369c1

#0e4f91

#093461

#051a30

Tints

Color #509eee mixed toward white.

#6daef1

#8abef4

#a8cff7

#c5dff9

#e2effc

Tones

Color #509eee mixed toward gray.

#5d9ee1

#6b9ed4

#789fc7

#859fb9

#929fac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7ade · ΔE 16.8

Deuteranopia

#756fda · ΔE 19.6

Tritanopia

#56d0cd · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 22.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #509eee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#509eee]

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#509eee (#509eee) is rgb(80, 158, 238) in RGB.

No, #509eee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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