#5596f9

Color #5596f9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.32 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5596f9

RGB

rgb(85, 150, 249)

HSL

hsl(216.2, 93.2%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.2, 65.9%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.9%, 39.8%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(62.15, 10.05, -55.58)

LCH

lch(62.15, 56.48, 280.25)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.1616, 258.61)

HWB

hwb(216.2, 33.3%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9b855

Analogous

#55e8f9

#5596f9

#6655f9

Triadic

#5596f9

#f95596

#96f955

Split-complementary

#5596f9

#f96655

#e8f955

Tetradic

#5596f9

#b855f9

#f9b855

#96f955

Square

#5596f9

#f955e8

#f9b855

#55f966

Shades

Color #5596f9 mixed toward black.

#1f75f7

#085ad7

#0643a1

#042d6c

#021636

Tints

Color #5596f9 mixed toward white.

#71a8fa

#8eb9fb

#aacbfc

#c6dcfd

#e3eefe

Tones

Color #5596f9 mixed toward gray.

#6399eb

#709cde

#7e9fd0

#8ca1c2

#99a4b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7777e6 · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#736ee1 · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#5ad6d2 · ΔE 32.5

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 24.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5596f9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5596f9]

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

#5596f9 (#5596f9) is rgb(85, 150, 249) in RGB.

No, #5596f9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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