#5e99f8

Color #5e99f8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.13 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5e99f8

RGB

rgb(94, 153, 248)

HSL

hsl(217, 91.7%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 62.1%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.1%, 38.3%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(63.29, 9.46, -53.2)

LCH

lch(63.29, 54.03, 280.08)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.1538, 259.51)

HWB

hwb(217, 36.9%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8bd5e

Analogous

#5ee6f8

#5e99f8

#705ef8

Triadic

#5e99f8

#f85e99

#99f85e

Split-complementary

#5e99f8

#f8705e

#e6f85e

Tetradic

#5e99f8

#bd5ef8

#f8bd5e

#99f85e

Square

#5e99f8

#f85ee6

#f8bd5e

#5ef870

Shades

Color #5e99f8 mixed toward black.

#2877f6

#095adb

#0743a4

#052d6d

#021637

Tints

Color #5e99f8 mixed toward white.

#79aaf9

#94bbfa

#afccfc

#c9ddfd

#e4eefe

Tones

Color #5e99f8 mixed toward gray.

#6b9ceb

#789fde

#85a2d2

#91a5c5

#9ea8b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7ce6 · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#7874e1 · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#62d6d2 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e99f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e99f8]

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

#5e99f8 (#5e99f8) is rgb(94, 153, 248) in RGB.

No, #5e99f8 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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