#5c8cd4

Color #5c8cd4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.53 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5c8cd4

RGB

rgb(92, 140, 212)

HSL

hsl(216, 58.3%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 56.6%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.6%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(57.83, 4.97, -41.88)

LCH

lch(57.83, 42.17, 276.77)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.1208, 258.3)

HWB

hwb(216, 36.1%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4a45c

Analogous

#5cc8d4

#5c8cd4

#685cd4

Triadic

#5c8cd4

#d45c8c

#8cd45c

Split-complementary

#5c8cd4

#d4685c

#c8d45c

Tetradic

#5c8cd4

#a45cd4

#d4a45c

#8cd45c

Square

#5c8cd4

#d45cc8

#d4a45c

#5cd468

Shades

Color #5c8cd4 mixed toward black.

#3570c8

#2a5aa0

#204378

#152d50

#0b1628

Tints

Color #5c8cd4 mixed toward white.

#779fdb

#92b2e2

#adc5ea

#c9d9f1

#e4ecf8

Tones

Color #5c8cd4 mixed toward gray.

#668eca

#7090c0

#7a92b6

#8494ac

#8e96a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7474c6 · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#716dc2 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#5fb9b6 · ΔE 27.3

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5c8cd4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5c8cd4]

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

#5c8cd4 (#5c8cd4) is rgb(92, 140, 212) in RGB.

No, #5c8cd4 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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