#5b8fe4

Color #5b8fe4

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.92 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5b8fe4

RGB

rgb(91, 143, 228)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 71.7%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 60.1%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.1%, 37.3%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(59.41, 8.21, -48.33)

LCH

lch(59.41, 49.02, 279.64)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.1393, 259.79)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 35.7%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4b05b

Analogous

#5bd3e4

#5b8fe4

#6b5be4

Triadic

#5b8fe4

#e45b8f

#8fe45b

Split-complementary

#5b8fe4

#e46b5b

#d3e45b

Tetradic

#5b8fe4

#b05be4

#e4b05b

#8fe45b

Square

#5b8fe4

#e45bd3

#e4b05b

#5be46b

Shades

Color #5b8fe4 mixed toward black.

#2d70dc

#1e58b6

#174289

#0f2c5b

#08162e

Tints

Color #5b8fe4 mixed toward white.

#76a2e8

#92b4ed

#adc7f1

#c8daf6

#e4ecfa

Tones

Color #5b8fe4 mixed toward gray.

#6692d9

#7294cd

#7d97c2

#899ab6

#949dab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7576d3 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#726ecf · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#5ec5c2 · ΔE 29.9

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b8fe4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b8fe4]

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

#5b8fe4 (#5b8fe4) is rgb(91, 143, 228) in RGB.

No, #5b8fe4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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