#5da5ed

Color #5da5ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.02 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5da5ed

RGB

rgb(93, 165, 237)

HSL

hsl(210, 80%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 60.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.8%, 30.4%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(66.02, -1.23, -42.87)

LCH

lch(66.02, 42.89, 268.36)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.1287, 250.1)

HWB

hwb(210, 36.5%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eda55d

Analogous

#5deded

#5da5ed

#5d5ded

Triadic

#5da5ed

#ed5da5

#a5ed5d

Split-complementary

#5da5ed

#ed5d5d

#eded5d

Tetradic

#5da5ed

#a55ded

#eda55d

#a5ed5d

Square

#5da5ed

#ed5ded

#eda55d

#5ded5d

Shades

Color #5da5ed mixed toward black.

#2b89e7

#166ec6

#105294

#0b3763

#051b31

Tints

Color #5da5ed mixed toward white.

#78b4f0

#93c3f3

#aed2f6

#c9e1f9

#e4f0fc

Tones

Color #5da5ed mixed toward gray.

#69a5e1

#75a5d5

#81a5c9

#8da5bd

#99a5b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8283de · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#7e78db · ΔE 18.9

Tritanopia

#62d2cf · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5da5ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5da5ed]

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Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#5da5ed (#5da5ed) is rgb(93, 165, 237) in RGB.

No, #5da5ed 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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