#5c9af5

Color #5c9af5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.17 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5c9af5

RGB

rgb(92, 154, 245)

HSL

hsl(215.7, 88.4%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.7, 62.4%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.4%, 37.1%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(63.32, 7.53, -51.51)

LCH

lch(63.32, 52.06, 278.32)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.1496, 257.92)

HWB

hwb(215.7, 36.1%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f5b75c

Analogous

#5ce6f5

#5c9af5

#6b5cf5

Triadic

#5c9af5

#f55c9a

#9af55c

Split-complementary

#5c9af5

#f56b5c

#e6f55c

Tetradic

#5c9af5

#b75cf5

#f5b75c

#9af55c

Square

#5c9af5

#f55ce6

#f5b75c

#5cf56b

Shades

Color #5c9af5 mixed toward black.

#2779f2

#0d5dd4

#0a469f

#072f6a

#031735

Tints

Color #5c9af5 mixed toward white.

#77abf7

#92bcf8

#aecdfa

#c9ddfc

#e4eefd

Tones

Color #5c9af5 mixed toward gray.

#699ce8

#769fdb

#82a1cf

#8fa4c2

#9ca6b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7ce3 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#7873df · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#60d4d0 · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5c9af5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5c9af5]

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

#5c9af5 (#5c9af5) is rgb(92, 154, 245) in RGB.

No, #5c9af5 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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