#5a8bd2

Color #5a8bd2

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.24 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5a8bd2

RGB

rgb(90, 139, 210)

HSL

hsl(215.5, 57.1%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.5, 57.1%, 82.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.1%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%)

LAB

lab(57.36, 4.5, -41.51)

LCH

lch(57.36, 41.75, 276.19)

OKLCH

oklch(63.3%, 0.1201, 257.64)

HWB

hwb(215.5, 35.3%, 17.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d2a15a

Analogous

#5ac7d2

#5a8bd2

#655ad2

Triadic

#5a8bd2

#d25a8b

#8bd25a

Split-complementary

#5a8bd2

#d2655a

#c7d25a

Tetradic

#5a8bd2

#a15ad2

#d2a15a

#8bd25a

Square

#5a8bd2

#d25ac7

#d2a15a

#5ad265

Shades

Color #5a8bd2 mixed toward black.

#3670c4

#2b599d

#204376

#152d4f

#0b1627

Tints

Color #5a8bd2 mixed toward white.

#759ed9

#91b2e1

#acc5e8

#c8d8f0

#e3ecf7

Tones

Color #5a8bd2 mixed toward gray.

#648dc8

#6e8fbe

#7890b4

#8292aa

#8c94a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7273c4 · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#706cc0 · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#5db8b5 · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a8bd2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a8bd2]

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

#5a8bd2 (#5a8bd2) is rgb(90, 139, 210) in RGB.

No, #5a8bd2 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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