#5aa0ed

Color #5aa0ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.54 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5aa0ed

RGB

rgb(90, 160, 237)

HSL

hsl(211.4, 80.3%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.4, 62%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(62%, 32.5%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(64.5, 1.08, -45.26)

LCH

lch(64.5, 45.27, 271.37)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.1344, 252.28)

HWB

hwb(211.4, 35.3%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eda75a

Analogous

#5aeaed

#5aa0ed

#5d5aed

Triadic

#5aa0ed

#ed5aa0

#a0ed5a

Split-complementary

#5aa0ed

#ed5d5a

#eaed5a

Tetradic

#5aa0ed

#a75aed

#eda75a

#a0ed5a

Square

#5aa0ed

#ed5aea

#eda75a

#5aed5d

Shades

Color #5aa0ed mixed toward black.

#2984e8

#1569c4

#104f93

#0b3462

#051a31

Tints

Color #5aa0ed mixed toward white.

#75b0f0

#91c0f3

#acd0f6

#c8dff9

#e3effc

Tones

Color #5aa0ed mixed toward gray.

#66a1e1

#72a1d4

#7fa2c8

#8ba2bc

#97a3b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7fde · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#7a75da · ΔE 18

Tritanopia

#5fd0cd · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 22.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5aa0ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5aa0ed]

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Slate Gray #708090

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Frequently asked questions

#5aa0ed (#5aa0ed) is rgb(90, 160, 237) in RGB.

No, #5aa0ed 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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