#5899c5

Color #5899c5

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.67 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5899c5

RGB

rgb(88, 153, 197)

HSL

hsl(204.2, 48.4%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.2, 55.3%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.3%, 22.3%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(60.68, -8.08, -29.02)

LCH

lch(60.68, 30.12, 254.44)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.0937, 239.91)

HWB

hwb(204.2, 34.5%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c58458

Analogous

#58c5ba

#5899c5

#5863c5

Triadic

#5899c5

#c55899

#99c558

Split-complementary

#5899c5

#c55863

#c5ba58

Tetradic

#5899c5

#8458c5

#c58458

#99c558

Square

#5899c5

#ba58c5

#c58458

#63c558

Shades

Color #5899c5 mixed toward black.

#3d82b0

#31688d

#254e6a

#193447

#0c1a23

Tints

Color #5899c5 mixed toward white.

#74aacf

#90bbd8

#accce2

#c7ddec

#e3eef5

Tones

Color #5899c5 mixed toward gray.

#6197bc

#6a96b3

#7394aa

#7c92a1

#859098

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7abc · ΔE 17.1

Deuteranopia

#7671b9 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#5db4b2 · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5899c5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5899c5]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#5899c5 (#5899c5) is rgb(88, 153, 197) in RGB.

No, #5899c5 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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