#5498d1

Color #5498d1

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.98 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5498d1

RGB

rgb(84, 152, 209)

HSL

hsl(207.4, 57.6%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207.4, 59.8%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.8%, 27.3%, 0%, 18%)

LAB

lab(60.73, -4.55, -35.68)

LCH

lch(60.73, 35.97, 262.73)

OKLCH

oklch(65.9%, 0.11, 245.79)

HWB

hwb(207.4, 32.9%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d18d54

Analogous

#54d1cc

#5498d1

#545ad1

Triadic

#5498d1

#d15498

#98d154

Split-complementary

#5498d1

#d1545a

#d1cc54

Tetradic

#5498d1

#8d54d1

#d18d54

#98d154

Square

#5498d1

#cc54d1

#d18d54

#5ad154

Shades

Color #5498d1 mixed toward black.

#3480c1

#29679a

#1f4d74

#15334d

#0a1a27

Tints

Color #5498d1 mixed toward white.

#71a9d9

#8dbae0

#aacce8

#c6ddf0

#e3eef7

Tones

Color #5498d1 mixed toward gray.

#5f97c7

#6996bc

#7395b2

#7e94a7

#88949d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7878c5 · ΔE 16.5

Deuteranopia

#746ec2 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#59bbb9 · ΔE 22.5

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5498d1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5498d1]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#5498d1 (#5498d1) is rgb(84, 152, 209) in RGB.

No, #5498d1 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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