#5d90e6

Color #5d90e6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.25 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5d90e6

RGB

rgb(93, 144, 230)

HSL

hsl(217.7, 73.3%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.7, 59.6%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.6%, 37.4%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(59.87, 8.65, -48.69)

LCH

lch(59.87, 49.45, 280.07)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.1401, 260.3)

HWB

hwb(217.7, 36.5%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6b35d

Analogous

#5dd4e6

#5d90e6

#6e5de6

Triadic

#5d90e6

#e65d90

#90e65d

Split-complementary

#5d90e6

#e66e5d

#d4e65d

Tetradic

#5d90e6

#b35de6

#e6b35d

#90e65d

Square

#5d90e6

#e65dd4

#e6b35d

#5de66e

Shades

Color #5d90e6 mixed toward black.

#2e70df

#1d57ba

#16428c

#0e2c5d

#07162f

Tints

Color #5d90e6 mixed toward white.

#78a2ea

#93b5ee

#aec7f3

#c9daf7

#e4ecfb

Tones

Color #5d90e6 mixed toward gray.

#6893db

#7496cf

#7f99c4

#8b9cb8

#969ead

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7777d5 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#736fd1 · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#60c7c3 · ΔE 30.4

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 23.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5d90e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d90e6]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5d90e6 (#5d90e6) is rgb(93, 144, 230) in RGB.

No, #5d90e6 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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