#5b88c1

Color #5b88c1

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 6.49 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5b88c1

RGB

rgb(91, 136, 193)

HSL

hsl(213.5, 45.1%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.5, 52.8%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.8%, 29.5%, 0%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(55.77, 1.06, -34.39)

LCH

lch(55.77, 34.41, 271.77)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.1001, 254.88)

HWB

hwb(213.5, 35.7%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1945b

Analogous

#5bbbc1

#5b88c1

#615bc1

Triadic

#5b88c1

#c15b88

#88c15b

Split-complementary

#5b88c1

#c1615b

#bbc15b

Tetradic

#5b88c1

#945bc1

#c1945b

#88c15b

Square

#5b88c1

#c15bbb

#c1945b

#5bc161

Shades

Color #5b88c1 mixed toward black.

#4170ac

#345a89

#274367

#1a2d45

#0d1622

Tints

Color #5b88c1 mixed toward white.

#769ccb

#92b0d6

#adc4e0

#c8d7ea

#e4ebf5

Tones

Color #5b88c1 mixed toward gray.

#6489b8

#6c8ab0

#758ba8

#7d8c9f

#868d97

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7172b5 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#6f6bb2 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#5eaba9 · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b88c1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b88c1]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b88c1 (#5b88c1) is rgb(91, 136, 193) in RGB.

No, #5b88c1 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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