#5aadff

Color #5aadff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.08 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5aadff

RGB

rgb(90, 173, 255)

HSL

hsl(209.8, 100%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.8, 64.7%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.7%, 32.2%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(68.95, -0.42, -48.07)

LCH

lch(68.95, 48.07, 269.5)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.1447, 250.2)

HWB

hwb(209.8, 35.3%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffac5a

Analogous

#5afffe

#5aadff

#5a5aff

Triadic

#5aadff

#ff5aad

#adff5a

Split-complementary

#5aadff

#ff5a5a

#fffe5a

Tetradic

#5aadff

#ac5aff

#ffac5a

#adff5a

Square

#5aadff

#fe5aff

#ffac5a

#5aff5a

Shades

Color #5aadff mixed toward black.

#2090ff

#0074e6

#0057ac

#003a73

#001d39

Tints

Color #5aadff mixed toward white.

#75bbff

#91c8ff

#acd6ff

#c8e4ff

#e3f1ff

Tones

Color #5aadff mixed toward gray.

#68adf1

#75ade3

#83add6

#91adc8

#9facba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8687ef · ΔE 17.4

Deuteranopia

#817bea · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#60e0dd · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 23.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5aadff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5aadff]

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Frequently asked questions

#5aadff (#5aadff) is rgb(90, 173, 255) in RGB.

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

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