#5b98df

Color #5b98df

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.84 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5b98df

RGB

rgb(91, 152, 223)

HSL

hsl(212.3, 67.3%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.3, 59.2%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.2%, 31.8%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(61.66, 1.32, -42)

LCH

lch(61.66, 42.02, 271.8)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.1238, 253.34)

HWB

hwb(212.3, 35.7%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dfa25b

Analogous

#5bdadf

#5b98df

#605bdf

Triadic

#5b98df

#df5b98

#98df5b

Split-complementary

#5b98df

#df605b

#dadf5b

Tetradic

#5b98df

#a25bdf

#dfa25b

#98df5b

Square

#5b98df

#df5bda

#dfa25b

#5bdf60

Shades

Color #5b98df mixed toward black.

#2f7cd6

#2263af

#1a4a83

#113258

#09192c

Tints

Color #5b98df mixed toward white.

#76a9e4

#92baea

#adccef

#c8ddf4

#e4eefa

Tones

Color #5b98df mixed toward gray.

#6699d4

#719ac9

#7c9bbe

#879bb3

#929ca8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3:1

Aa Black text on this color

7:1

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

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7bd1 · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#7772cd · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#5fc4c2 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 21.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5b98df;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b98df]

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Frequently asked questions

#5b98df (#5b98df) is rgb(91, 152, 223) in RGB.

No, #5b98df 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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