#5488e0

Color #5488e0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.05 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5488e0

RGB

rgb(84, 136, 224)

HSL

hsl(217.7, 69.3%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.7, 62.5%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.5%, 39.3%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(56.95, 9.76, -50.02)

LCH

lch(56.95, 50.96, 281.04)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.1444, 260.31)

HWB

hwb(217.7, 32.9%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0ac54

Analogous

#54cee0

#5488e0

#6654e0

Triadic

#5488e0

#e05488

#88e054

Split-complementary

#5488e0

#e06654

#cee054

Tetradic

#5488e0

#ac54e0

#e0ac54

#88e054

Square

#5488e0

#e054ce

#e0ac54

#54e066

Shades

Color #5488e0 mixed toward black.

#296ad8

#2054ae

#183f82

#102a57

#08152b

Tints

Color #5488e0 mixed toward white.

#719ce5

#8db0ea

#aac4ef

#c6d7f5

#e3ebfa

Tones

Color #5488e0 mixed toward gray.

#608bd4

#6b8ec9

#7791bd

#8394b1

#8e97a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6fcf · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#6b67cb · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#58c0bd · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5488e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5488e0]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5488e0 (#5488e0) is rgb(84, 136, 224) in RGB.

No, #5488e0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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