#5595ef

Color #5595ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.97 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5595ef

RGB

rgb(85, 149, 239)

HSL

hsl(215.1, 82.8%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.1, 64.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.4%, 37.7%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(61.36, 7.26, -51.35)

LCH

lch(61.36, 51.86, 278.05)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.1497, 257.23)

HWB

hwb(215.1, 33.3%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efaf55

Analogous

#55e2ef

#5595ef

#6255ef

Triadic

#5595ef

#ef5595

#95ef55

Split-complementary

#5595ef

#ef6255

#e2ef55

Tetradic

#5595ef

#af55ef

#efaf55

#95ef55

Square

#5595ef

#ef55e2

#efaf55

#55ef62

Shades

Color #5595ef mixed toward black.

#2476ea

#135dc5

#0e4694

#092e63

#051731

Tints

Color #5595ef mixed toward white.

#71a7f2

#8eb8f4

#aacaf7

#c6dcfa

#e3edfc

Tones

Color #5595ef mixed toward gray.

#6297e2

#6f99d5

#7b9bc8

#889ebc

#95a0af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7677de · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#726dd9 · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#5acecb · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 24

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5595ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5595ef]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5595ef (#5595ef) is rgb(85, 149, 239) in RGB.

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

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