#5b95ec

Color #5b95ec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.08 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5b95ec

RGB

rgb(91, 149, 236)

HSL

hsl(216, 79.2%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 61.4%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.4%, 36.9%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(61.46, 7.31, -49.51)

LCH

lch(61.46, 50.05, 278.4)

OKLCH

oklch(67%, 0.1435, 258.3)

HWB

hwb(216, 35.7%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecb25b

Analogous

#5bddec

#5b95ec

#695bec

Triadic

#5b95ec

#ec5b95

#95ec5b

Split-complementary

#5b95ec

#ec695b

#ddec5b

Tetradic

#5b95ec

#b25bec

#ecb25b

#95ec5b

Square

#5b95ec

#ec5bdd

#ecb25b

#5bec69

Shades

Color #5b95ec mixed toward black.

#2a75e6

#175cc3

#114592

#0b2e62

#061731

Tints

Color #5b95ec mixed toward white.

#76a7ef

#92b8f2

#adcaf5

#c8dcf9

#e4edfc

Tones

Color #5b95ec mixed toward gray.

#6797e0

#739ad4

#7f9cc8

#8b9fbc

#97a1b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7879db · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#7570d7 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#5fccc9 · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 23.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b95ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b95ec]

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

#5b95ec (#5b95ec) is rgb(91, 149, 236) in RGB.

No, #5b95ec is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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