#5ca5dc

Color #5ca5dc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.3 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5ca5dc

RGB

rgb(92, 165, 220)

HSL

hsl(205.8, 64.6%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.8, 58.2%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.2%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(65.24, -6.8, -34.74)

LCH

lch(65.24, 35.4, 258.92)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.1094, 243.04)

HWB

hwb(205.8, 36.1%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dc935c

Analogous

#5cdcd3

#5ca5dc

#5c65dc

Triadic

#5ca5dc

#dc5ca5

#a5dc5c

Split-complementary

#5ca5dc

#dc5c65

#dcd35c

Tetradic

#5ca5dc

#935cdc

#dc935c

#a5dc5c

Square

#5ca5dc

#d35cdc

#dc935c

#65dc5c

Shades

Color #5ca5dc mixed toward black.

#318dd3

#2571ab

#1c5580

#123956

#091c2b

Tints

Color #5ca5dc mixed toward white.

#77b4e2

#92c3e8

#aed2ed

#c9e1f3

#e4f0f9

Tones

Color #5ca5dc mixed toward gray.

#67a4d1

#71a2c7

#7ca1bc

#879fb1

#919ea7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8283d0 · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#7e78ce · ΔE 19.9

Tritanopia

#61c7c4 · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5ca5dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ca5dc]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Charcoal #36454f

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#5ca5dc (#5ca5dc) is rgb(92, 165, 220) in RGB.

No, #5ca5dc 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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