#5595ea

Color #5595ea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.85 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5595ea

RGB

rgb(85, 149, 234)

HSL

hsl(214.2, 78%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.2, 63.7%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.7%, 36.3%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(61.1, 5.58, -48.99)

LCH

lch(61.1, 49.31, 276.5)

OKLCH

oklch(66.6%, 0.1433, 256.15)

HWB

hwb(214.2, 33.3%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaaa55

Analogous

#55e0ea

#5595ea

#5f55ea

Triadic

#5595ea

#ea5595

#95ea55

Split-complementary

#5595ea

#ea5f55

#e0ea55

Tetradic

#5595ea

#aa55ea

#eaaa55

#95ea55

Square

#5595ea

#ea55e0

#eaaa55

#55ea5f

Shades

Color #5595ea mixed toward black.

#2677e4

#175fbd

#12478e

#0c2f5f

#06182f

Tints

Color #5595ea mixed toward white.

#71a7ed

#8eb8f1

#aacaf4

#c6dcf8

#e3edfb

Tones

Color #5595ea mixed toward gray.

#6197de

#6e98d1

#7a9ac5

#879cb8

#939eac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7677d9 · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#726dd5 · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#5acbc8 · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5595ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5595ea]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5595ea (#5595ea) is rgb(85, 149, 234) in RGB.

No, #5595ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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