#5980e5

Color #5980e5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 11.48 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5980e5

RGB

rgb(89, 128, 229)

HSL

hsl(223.3, 72.9%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.3, 61.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.1%, 44.1%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(55.3, 17.17, -55.44)

LCH

lch(55.3, 58.04, 287.21)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.1586, 266.06)

HWB

hwb(223.3, 34.9%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5be59

Analogous

#59c6e5

#5980e5

#7859e5

Triadic

#5980e5

#e55980

#80e559

Split-complementary

#5980e5

#e57859

#c6e559

Tetradic

#5980e5

#be59e5

#e5be59

#80e559

Square

#5980e5

#e559c6

#e5be59

#59e578

Shades

Color #5980e5 mixed toward black.

#2b5dde

#1d48b7

#16368a

#0e245c

#07122e

Tints

Color #5980e5 mixed toward white.

#7595e9

#90aaee

#acc0f2

#c8d5f6

#e3eafb

Tones

Color #5980e5 mixed toward gray.

#6585d9

#718ace

#7c90c2

#8895b6

#939aab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6cd2 · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#6a67cd · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#5bc2be · ΔE 34

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 25.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5980e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5980e5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5980e5 (#5980e5) is rgb(89, 128, 229) in RGB.

No, #5980e5 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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