#5a99f8

Color #5a99f8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.38 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5a99f8

RGB

rgb(90, 153, 248)

HSL

hsl(216.1, 91.9%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.1, 63.7%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.7%, 38.3%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(63.12, 8.77, -53.48)

LCH

lch(63.12, 54.19, 279.31)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.1553, 258.41)

HWB

hwb(216.1, 35.3%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8b95a

Analogous

#5ae8f8

#5a99f8

#6a5af8

Triadic

#5a99f8

#f85a99

#99f85a

Split-complementary

#5a99f8

#f86a5a

#e8f85a

Tetradic

#5a99f8

#b95af8

#f8b95a

#99f85a

Square

#5a99f8

#f85ae8

#f8b95a

#5af86a

Shades

Color #5a99f8 mixed toward black.

#2478f6

#095cd8

#0745a2

#052e6c

#021736

Tints

Color #5a99f8 mixed toward white.

#76aaf9

#91bbfa

#adccfc

#c8ddfd

#e4eefe

Tones

Color #5a99f8 mixed toward gray.

#679ceb

#749ede

#82a1d1

#8fa4c3

#9ca6b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7be6 · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#7772e1 · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#5ed6d2 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a99f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a99f8]

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

#5a99f8 (#5a99f8) is rgb(90, 153, 248) in RGB.

No, #5a99f8 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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