#5996f1

Color #5996f1

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.63 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5996f1

RGB

rgb(89, 150, 241)

HSL

hsl(215.9, 84.4%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.9, 63.1%, 94.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.1%, 37.8%, 0%, 5.5%)

LAB

lab(61.9, 8.02, -51.58)

LCH

lch(61.9, 52.2, 278.84)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.1498, 258.21)

HWB

hwb(215.9, 34.9%, 5.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f1b459

Analogous

#59e2f1

#5996f1

#6859f1

Triadic

#5996f1

#f15996

#96f159

Split-complementary

#5996f1

#f16859

#e2f159

Tetradic

#5996f1

#b459f1

#f1b459

#96f159

Square

#5996f1

#f159e2

#f1b459

#59f168

Shades

Color #5996f1 mixed toward black.

#2676ed

#115ccb

#0d4598

#092e65

#041733

Tints

Color #5996f1 mixed toward white.

#75a8f3

#90b9f6

#accbf8

#c8dcfa

#e3eefd

Tones

Color #5996f1 mixed toward gray.

#6699e4

#729bd8

#7f9ecb

#8ca0be

#98a2b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7879df · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#7570db · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#5dd0cc · ΔE 31

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5996f1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5996f1]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5996f1 (#5996f1) is rgb(89, 150, 241) in RGB.

No, #5996f1 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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