#5986cc

Color #5986cc

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.27 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5986cc

RGB

rgb(89, 134, 204)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 53%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 56.4%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.4%, 34.3%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(55.62, 5.31, -40.87)

LCH

lch(55.62, 41.21, 277.4)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.1177, 258.93)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 34.9%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cc9f59

Analogous

#59c0cc

#5986cc

#6659cc

Triadic

#5986cc

#cc5986

#86cc59

Split-complementary

#5986cc

#cc6659

#c0cc59

Tetradic

#5986cc

#9f59cc

#cc9f59

#86cc59

Square

#5986cc

#cc59c0

#cc9f59

#59cc66

Shades

Color #5986cc mixed toward black.

#396cbb

#2e5796

#224170

#172b4b

#0b1625

Tints

Color #5986cc mixed toward white.

#759ad5

#90aedd

#acc3e6

#c8d7ee

#e3ebf7

Tones

Color #5986cc mixed toward gray.

#6388c2

#6c8ab9

#768caf

#7f8ea6

#89919c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f70be · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#6d69bb · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#5cb2af · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 21.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5986cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5986cc]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#5986cc (#5986cc) is rgb(89, 134, 204) in RGB.

No, #5986cc 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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