#5a90df

Color #5a90df

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.73 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5a90df

RGB

rgb(90, 144, 223)

HSL

hsl(215.6, 67.5%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.6, 59.6%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.6%, 35.4%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(59.38, 5.78, -45.59)

LCH

lch(59.38, 45.95, 277.23)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.1321, 257.85)

HWB

hwb(215.6, 35.3%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dfa95a

Analogous

#5ad3df

#5a90df

#675adf

Triadic

#5a90df

#df5a90

#90df5a

Split-complementary

#5a90df

#df675a

#d3df5a

Tetradic

#5a90df

#a95adf

#dfa95a

#90df5a

Square

#5a90df

#df5ad3

#dfa95a

#5adf67

Shades

Color #5a90df mixed toward black.

#2e73d7

#225baf

#194483

#112e57

#08172c

Tints

Color #5a90df mixed toward white.

#76a3e4

#91b5ea

#adc8ef

#c8daf4

#e4edfa

Tones

Color #5a90df mixed toward gray.

#6592d4

#7094c9

#7b96be

#8698b3

#919ba8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7576cf · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#726ecb · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#5ec2bf · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a90df;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a90df]

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

#5a90df (#5a90df) is rgb(90, 144, 223) in RGB.

No, #5a90df 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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