#5b7dde

Color #5b7dde

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.61 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5b7dde

RGB

rgb(91, 125, 222)

HSL

hsl(224.4, 66.5%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.4, 59%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(59%, 43.7%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(54.2, 17.04, -53.26)

LCH

lch(54.2, 55.92, 287.74)

OKLCH

oklch(61.1%, 0.152, 267.28)

HWB

hwb(224.4, 35.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#debc5b

Analogous

#5bbfde

#5b7dde

#7b5bde

Triadic

#5b7dde

#de5b7d

#7dde5b

Split-complementary

#5b7dde

#de7b5b

#bfde5b

Tetradic

#5b7dde

#bc5bde

#debc5b

#7dde5b

Square

#5b7dde

#de5bbf

#debc5b

#5bde7b

Shades

Color #5b7dde mixed toward black.

#305bd5

#2347ae

#1a3582

#112457

#09122b

Tints

Color #5b7dde mixed toward white.

#7693e4

#92a8e9

#adbeef

#c8d4f4

#e4e9fa

Tones

Color #5b7dde mixed toward gray.

#6682d3

#7188c8

#7c8dbd

#8792b2

#9297a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6ccc · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#6967c7 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#5dbcb8 · ΔE 33.3

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 24.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b7dde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b7dde]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b7dde (#5b7dde) is rgb(91, 125, 222) in RGB.

No, #5b7dde 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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