#5c8fe3

Color #5c8fe3

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.21 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5c8fe3

RGB

rgb(92, 143, 227)

HSL

hsl(217.3, 70.7%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.3, 59.5%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.5%, 37%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(59.4, 8.07, -47.78)

LCH

lch(59.4, 48.46, 279.59)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.1376, 259.91)

HWB

hwb(217.3, 36.1%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3b05c

Analogous

#5cd3e3

#5c8fe3

#6c5ce3

Triadic

#5c8fe3

#e35c8f

#8fe35c

Split-complementary

#5c8fe3

#e36c5c

#d3e35c

Tetradic

#5c8fe3

#b05ce3

#e3b05c

#8fe35c

Square

#5c8fe3

#e35cd3

#e3b05c

#5ce36c

Shades

Color #5c8fe3 mixed toward black.

#2e70db

#1f58b5

#174288

#102c5b

#08162d

Tints

Color #5c8fe3 mixed toward white.

#77a2e8

#92b4ec

#adc7f1

#c9daf6

#e4ecfa

Tones

Color #5c8fe3 mixed toward gray.

#6792d8

#7294cc

#7e97c1

#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

#7676d3 · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#736ece · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#5fc4c1 · ΔE 29.7

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 23.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5c8fe3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5c8fe3]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5c8fe3 (#5c8fe3) is rgb(92, 143, 227) in RGB.

No, #5c8fe3 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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