#5590f8

Color #5590f8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 6.66 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5590f8

RGB

rgb(85, 144, 248)

HSL

hsl(218.3, 92.1%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.3, 65.7%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.7%, 41.9%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(60.47, 13.27, -57.71)

LCH

lch(60.47, 59.22, 282.95)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.1668, 260.86)

HWB

hwb(218.3, 33.3%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8bd55

Analogous

#55e1f8

#5590f8

#6c55f8

Triadic

#5590f8

#f85590

#90f855

Split-complementary

#5590f8

#f86c55

#e1f855

Tetradic

#5590f8

#bd55f8

#f8bd55

#90f855

Square

#5590f8

#f855e1

#f8bd55

#55f86c

Shades

Color #5590f8 mixed toward black.

#206df6

#0953d5

#073ea0

#04296b

#021535

Tints

Color #5590f8 mixed toward white.

#71a2f9

#8eb5fa

#aac7fc

#c6dafd

#e3ecfe

Tones

Color #5590f8 mixed toward gray.

#6394ea

#7097dd

#7e9bcf

#8b9fc2

#99a3b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7374e4 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#706bdf · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#59d3cf · ΔE 33.7

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5590f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5590f8]

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

#5590f8 (#5590f8) is rgb(85, 144, 248) in RGB.

No, #5590f8 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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