#5e97ef

Color #5e97ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 1.78 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5e97ef

RGB

rgb(94, 151, 239)

HSL

hsl(216.4, 81.9%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.4, 60.7%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.7%, 36.8%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(62.29, 7.67, -49.84)

LCH

lch(62.29, 50.43, 278.75)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.1441, 258.8)

HWB

hwb(216.4, 36.9%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efb65e

Analogous

#5ee0ef

#5e97ef

#6e5eef

Triadic

#5e97ef

#ef5e97

#97ef5e

Split-complementary

#5e97ef

#ef6e5e

#e0ef5e

Tetradic

#5e97ef

#b65eef

#efb65e

#97ef5e

Square

#5e97ef

#ef5ee0

#efb65e

#5eef6e

Shades

Color #5e97ef mixed toward black.

#2c76ea

#145cca

#0f4597

#0a2e65

#051732

Tints

Color #5e97ef mixed toward white.

#79a8f2

#94baf4

#afcbf7

#c9dcfa

#e4eefc

Tones

Color #5e97ef mixed toward gray.

#6a9ae3

#769cd7

#829fcb

#8ea1bf

#9aa4b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7bde · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#7773d9 · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#62cfcb · ΔE 30.4

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 23.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e97ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e97ef]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5e97ef (#5e97ef) is rgb(94, 151, 239) in RGB.

No, #5e97ef 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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