#5899ef

Color #5899ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.96 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5899ef

RGB

rgb(88, 153, 239)

HSL

hsl(214.2, 82.5%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.2, 63.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.2%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(62.58, 5.43, -49.4)

LCH

lch(62.58, 49.7, 276.27)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.1445, 256.06)

HWB

hwb(214.2, 34.5%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efae58

Analogous

#58e4ef

#5899ef

#6358ef

Triadic

#5899ef

#ef5899

#99ef58

Split-complementary

#5899ef

#ef6358

#e4ef58

Tetradic

#5899ef

#ae58ef

#efae58

#99ef58

Square

#5899ef

#ef58e4

#efae58

#58ef63

Shades

Color #5899ef mixed toward black.

#267aea

#1360c7

#0e4895

#0a3063

#051832

Tints

Color #5899ef mixed toward white.

#74aaf2

#90bbf4

#abccf7

#c7ddfa

#e3eefc

Tones

Color #5899ef mixed toward gray.

#659be2

#719cd6

#7e9ec9

#8aa0bd

#97a2b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7ade · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#7671da · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#5dcfcc · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 23.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5899ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5899ef]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5899ef (#5899ef) is rgb(88, 153, 239) in RGB.

No, #5899ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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