#5a95e8

Color #5a95e8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.94 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5a95e8

RGB

rgb(90, 149, 232)

HSL

hsl(215.1, 75.5%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.1, 61.2%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.2%, 35.8%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(61.21, 5.81, -47.69)

LCH

lch(61.21, 48.04, 276.95)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.1387, 257.17)

HWB

hwb(215.1, 35.3%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8ad5a

Analogous

#5adce8

#5a95e8

#665ae8

Triadic

#5a95e8

#e85a95

#95e85a

Split-complementary

#5a95e8

#e8665a

#dce85a

Tetradic

#5a95e8

#ad5ae8

#e8ad5a

#95e85a

Square

#5a95e8

#e85adc

#e8ad5a

#5ae866

Shades

Color #5a95e8 mixed toward black.

#2b77e1

#1a5ebc

#14468d

#0d2f5e

#07172f

Tints

Color #5a95e8 mixed toward white.

#75a7ec

#91b8f0

#accaf3

#c8dcf7

#e3edfb

Tones

Color #5a95e8 mixed toward gray.

#6697dc

#7299d0

#7d9bc4

#899db9

#959fad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7879d8 · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#7570d4 · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#5ecac6 · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a95e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a95e8]

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

#5a95e8 (#5a95e8) is rgb(90, 149, 232) in RGB.

No, #5a95e8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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