#5996f8

Color #5996f8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.65 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5996f8

RGB

rgb(89, 150, 248)

HSL

hsl(217, 91.9%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 64.1%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.1%, 39.5%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(62.26, 10.36, -54.85)

LCH

lch(62.26, 55.82, 280.7)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.1589, 259.48)

HWB

hwb(217, 34.9%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8bb59

Analogous

#59e5f8

#5996f8

#6c59f8

Triadic

#5996f8

#f85996

#96f859

Split-complementary

#5996f8

#f86c59

#e5f859

Tetradic

#5996f8

#bb59f8

#f8bb59

#96f859

Square

#5996f8

#f859e5

#f8bb59

#59f86c

Shades

Color #5996f8 mixed toward black.

#2374f6

#0958d8

#0742a2

#052c6c

#021636

Tints

Color #5996f8 mixed toward white.

#75a8f9

#90b9fa

#accbfb

#c8dcfd

#e3eefe

Tones

Color #5996f8 mixed toward gray.

#6699eb

#749cde

#819fd0

#8ea2c3

#9ba5b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7879e5 · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#7570e0 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#5dd5d1 · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5996f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5996f8]

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

#5996f8 (#5996f8) is rgb(89, 150, 248) in RGB.

No, #5996f8 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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