#5b8fde

Color #5b8fde

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.68 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5b8fde

RGB

rgb(91, 143, 222)

HSL

hsl(216.2, 66.5%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.2, 59%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(59%, 35.6%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(59.1, 6.24, -45.47)

LCH

lch(59.1, 45.9, 277.81)

OKLCH

oklch(64.9%, 0.1314, 258.5)

HWB

hwb(216.2, 35.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#deaa5b

Analogous

#5bd0de

#5b8fde

#695bde

Triadic

#5b8fde

#de5b8f

#8fde5b

Split-complementary

#5b8fde

#de695b

#d0de5b

Tetradic

#5b8fde

#aa5bde

#deaa5b

#8fde5b

Square

#5b8fde

#de5bd0

#deaa5b

#5bde69

Shades

Color #5b8fde mixed toward black.

#3071d5

#235aae

#1a4482

#112d57

#09172b

Tints

Color #5b8fde mixed toward white.

#76a2e4

#92b4e9

#adc7ef

#c8daf4

#e4ecfa

Tones

Color #5b8fde mixed toward gray.

#6691d3

#7194c8

#7c96bd

#8798b2

#929aa7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7576ce · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#726eca · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#5ec1be · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b8fde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b8fde]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b8fde (#5b8fde) is rgb(91, 143, 222) in RGB.

No, #5b8fde 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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