#5791ea

Color #5791ea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.49 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5791ea

RGB

rgb(87, 145, 234)

HSL

hsl(216.3, 77.8%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.3, 62.8%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.8%, 38%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(60.08, 8.29, -50.6)

LCH

lch(60.08, 51.27, 279.3)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.1466, 258.71)

HWB

hwb(216.3, 34.1%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eab057

Analogous

#57dbea

#5791ea

#6657ea

Triadic

#5791ea

#ea5791

#91ea57

Split-complementary

#5791ea

#ea6657

#dbea57

Tetradic

#5791ea

#b057ea

#eab057

#91ea57

Square

#5791ea

#ea57db

#eab057

#57ea66

Shades

Color #5791ea mixed toward black.

#2772e4

#1859be

#12438f

#0c2d5f

#061630

Tints

Color #5791ea mixed toward white.

#73a3ed

#8fb6f1

#abc8f4

#c7daf8

#e3edfb

Tones

Color #5791ea mixed toward gray.

#6394de

#6f96d1

#7c99c5

#889bb9

#949ead

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7575d9 · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#716dd4 · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#5bcac6 · ΔE 30.9

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5791ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5791ea]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5791ea (#5791ea) is rgb(87, 145, 234) in RGB.

No, #5791ea 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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