#5596d0

Color #5596d0

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.6 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5596d0

RGB

rgb(85, 150, 208)

HSL

hsl(208.3, 56.7%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.3, 59.1%, 81.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.1%, 27.9%, 0%, 18.4%)

LAB

lab(60.15, -3.54, -36.02)

LCH

lch(60.15, 36.19, 264.39)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.1098, 247.29)

HWB

hwb(208.3, 33.3%, 18.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d08f55

Analogous

#55d0cd

#5596d0

#5559d0

Triadic

#5596d0

#d05596

#96d055

Split-complementary

#5596d0

#d05559

#d0cd55

Tetradic

#5596d0

#8f55d0

#d08f55

#96d055

Square

#5596d0

#cd55d0

#d08f55

#59d055

Shades

Color #5596d0 mixed toward black.

#357ebf

#2a6599

#204c73

#15324d

#0b1926

Tints

Color #5596d0 mixed toward white.

#71a8d8

#8eb9e0

#aacbe8

#c6dcef

#e3eef7

Tones

Color #5596d0 mixed toward gray.

#5f96c6

#6a95bc

#7494b1

#7e94a7

#88939d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.66:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7777c4 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#736ec1 · ΔE 18.2

Tritanopia

#5abab7 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5596d0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5596d0]

Related colors

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#5596d0 (#5596d0) is rgb(85, 150, 208) in RGB.

No, #5596d0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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