#5b8ee1

Color #5b8ee1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.85 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5b8ee1

RGB

rgb(91, 142, 225)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 69.1%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 59.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.6%, 36.9%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(58.98, 7.81, -47.34)

LCH

lch(58.98, 47.98, 279.37)

OKLCH

oklch(64.9%, 0.1364, 259.7)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 35.7%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1ae5b

Analogous

#5bd1e1

#5b8ee1

#6b5be1

Triadic

#5b8ee1

#e15b8e

#8ee15b

Split-complementary

#5b8ee1

#e16b5b

#d1e15b

Tetradic

#5b8ee1

#ae5be1

#e1ae5b

#8ee15b

Square

#5b8ee1

#e15bd1

#e1ae5b

#5be16b

Shades

Color #5b8ee1 mixed toward black.

#2f6fd9

#2158b2

#184286

#102c59

#08162d

Tints

Color #5b8ee1 mixed toward white.

#76a1e6

#92b4eb

#adc7f0

#c8d9f5

#e4ecfa

Tones

Color #5b8ee1 mixed toward gray.

#6691d6

#7193cb

#7d96c0

#8899b4

#939ba9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7575d1 · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#726dcd · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#5ec3bf · ΔE 29.9

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b8ee1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b8ee1]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#5b8ee1 (#5b8ee1) is rgb(91, 142, 225) in RGB.

No, #5b8ee1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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