#5588d8

Color #5588d8

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.56 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5588d8

RGB

rgb(85, 136, 216)

HSL

hsl(216.6, 62.7%, 59%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.6, 60.6%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.6%, 37%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(56.58, 7.26, -46.12)

LCH

lch(56.58, 46.69, 278.95)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.1332, 259.05)

HWB

hwb(216.6, 33.3%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8a555

Analogous

#55cad8

#5588d8

#6355d8

Triadic

#5588d8

#d85588

#88d855

Split-complementary

#5588d8

#d86355

#cad855

Tetradic

#5588d8

#a555d8

#d8a555

#88d855

Square

#5588d8

#d855ca

#d8a555

#55d863

Shades

Color #5588d8 mixed toward black.

#2f6ccc

#2556a3

#1c417a

#132b52

#091629

Tints

Color #5588d8 mixed toward white.

#719cdf

#8eb0e5

#aac4ec

#c6d7f2

#e3ebf9

Tones

Color #5588d8 mixed toward gray.

#608acd

#6b8dc2

#768fb7

#8192ac

#8c94a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6fc8 · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#6c68c4 · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#58bbb8 · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5588d8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5588d8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#5588d8 (#5588d8) is rgb(85, 136, 216) in RGB.

No, #5588d8 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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