#5697c2

Color #5697c2

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.28 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5697c2

RGB

rgb(86, 151, 194)

HSL

hsl(203.9, 47%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.9, 55.7%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.7%, 22.2%, 0%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(59.89, -8.32, -28.56)

LCH

lch(59.89, 29.75, 253.76)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.0928, 239.34)

HWB

hwb(203.9, 33.7%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c28156

Analogous

#56c2b7

#5697c2

#5661c2

Triadic

#5697c2

#c25697

#97c256

Split-complementary

#5697c2

#c25661

#c2b756

Tetradic

#5697c2

#8156c2

#c28156

#97c256

Square

#5697c2

#b756c2

#c28156

#61c256

Shades

Color #5697c2 mixed toward black.

#3e80ab

#316689

#254d67

#193345

#0c1a22

Tints

Color #5697c2 mixed toward white.

#72a8cc

#8ebad6

#aacbe1

#c7dceb

#e3eef5

Tones

Color #5697c2 mixed toward gray.

#5f95b9

#6893b0

#7191a7

#7a909e

#838e95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7878b9 · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#746fb6 · ΔE 19.3

Tritanopia

#5bb1af · ΔE 18.5

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5697c2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5697c2]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#5697c2 (#5697c2) is rgb(86, 151, 194) in RGB.

No, #5697c2 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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