#5e8de9

Color #5e8de9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.05 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5e8de9

RGB

rgb(94, 141, 233)

HSL

hsl(219.7, 76%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.7, 59.7%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.7%, 39.5%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(59.26, 11.6, -51.33)

LCH

lch(59.26, 52.62, 282.73)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.1471, 262.58)

HWB

hwb(219.7, 36.9%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9ba5e

Analogous

#5ed3e9

#5e8de9

#745ee9

Triadic

#5e8de9

#e95e8d

#8de95e

Split-complementary

#5e8de9

#e9745e

#d3e95e

Tetradic

#5e8de9

#ba5ee9

#e9ba5e

#8de95e

Square

#5e8de9

#e95ed3

#e9ba5e

#5ee974

Shades

Color #5e8de9 mixed toward black.

#2e6be2

#1a52c0

#143e90

#0d2960

#071530

Tints

Color #5e8de9 mixed toward white.

#79a0ed

#94b3f0

#aec6f4

#c9d9f8

#e4ecfb

Tones

Color #5e8de9 mixed toward gray.

#6991dd

#7594d2

#8198c6

#8c9cbb

#98a0af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7576d7 · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#726fd3 · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#61c8c4 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e8de9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e8de9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5e8de9 (#5e8de9) is rgb(94, 141, 233) in RGB.

No, #5e8de9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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