#5b96f4

Color #5b96f4

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.55 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5b96f4

RGB

rgb(91, 150, 244)

HSL

hsl(216.9, 87.4%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.9, 62.7%, 95.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.7%, 38.5%, 0%, 4.3%)

LAB

lab(62.14, 9.37, -52.84)

LCH

lch(62.14, 53.66, 280.06)

OKLCH

oklch(67.6%, 0.1528, 259.33)

HWB

hwb(216.9, 35.7%, 4.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f4b95b

Analogous

#5be2f4

#5b96f4

#6d5bf4

Triadic

#5b96f4

#f45b96

#96f45b

Split-complementary

#5b96f4

#f46d5b

#e2f45b

Tetradic

#5b96f4

#b95bf4

#f4b95b

#96f45b

Square

#5b96f4

#f45be2

#f4b95b

#5bf46d

Shades

Color #5b96f4 mixed toward black.

#2774f0

#0e59d1

#0b439d

#072d69

#041634

Tints

Color #5b96f4 mixed toward white.

#76a7f6

#92b9f8

#adcaf9

#c8dcfb

#e4edfd

Tones

Color #5b96f4 mixed toward gray.

#6899e7

#759cda

#819fce

#8ea2c1

#9ba5b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797ae2 · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#7671dd · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#5fd2ce · ΔE 31.5

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 24.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b96f4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b96f4]

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

#5b96f4 (#5b96f4) is rgb(91, 150, 244) in RGB.

No, #5b96f4 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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