#5e8eda

Color #5e8eda

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.14 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5e8eda

RGB

rgb(94, 142, 218)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 62.6%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 56.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.9%, 34.9%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(58.78, 6.13, -43.75)

LCH

lch(58.78, 44.18, 277.98)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.1259, 259.24)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 36.9%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#daaa5e

Analogous

#5eccda

#5e8eda

#6c5eda

Triadic

#5e8eda

#da5e8e

#8eda5e

Split-complementary

#5e8eda

#da6c5e

#ccda5e

Tetradic

#5e8eda

#aa5eda

#daaa5e

#8eda5e

Square

#5e8eda

#da5ecc

#daaa5e

#5eda6c

Shades

Color #5e8eda mixed toward black.

#3470d0

#2759a9

#1d437f

#132d55

#0a162a

Tints

Color #5e8eda mixed toward white.

#79a1e0

#94b4e6

#afc7ec

#c9d9f3

#e4ecf9

Tones

Color #5e8eda mixed toward gray.

#6890d0

#7393c5

#7d95bb

#8797b1

#929aa6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7676cb · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#736fc7 · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#61bebb · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e8eda;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e8eda]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#5e8eda (#5e8eda) is rgb(94, 142, 218) in RGB.

No, #5e8eda 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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