#5499f3

Color #5499f3

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.99 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#5499f3

RGB

rgb(84, 153, 243)

HSL

hsl(214, 86.9%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214, 65.4%, 95.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.4%, 37%, 0%, 4.7%)

LAB

lab(62.62, 6.1, -51.54)

LCH

lch(62.62, 51.9, 276.75)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.1511, 255.9)

HWB

hwb(214, 32.9%, 4.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f3ae54

Analogous

#54e8f3

#5499f3

#5f54f3

Triadic

#5499f3

#f35499

#99f354

Split-complementary

#5499f3

#f35f54

#e8f354

Tetradic

#5499f3

#ae54f3

#f3ae54

#99f354

Square

#5499f3

#f354e8

#f3ae54

#54f35f

Shades

Color #5499f3 mixed toward black.

#217aef

#0e60cc

#0b4899

#073066

#041833

Tints

Color #5499f3 mixed toward white.

#70aaf5

#8dbbf7

#a9ccf9

#c6ddfb

#e2eefd

Tones

Color #5499f3 mixed toward gray.

#619be6

#6e9cd8

#7c9ecb

#89a0be

#96a2b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7879e1 · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#746fdd · ΔE 17.2

Tritanopia

#59d2cf · ΔE 30.3

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5499f3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5499f3]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5499f3 (#5499f3) is rgb(84, 153, 243) in RGB.

No, #5499f3 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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