#5ea2eb

Color #5ea2eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.6 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5ea2eb

RGB

rgb(94, 162, 235)

HSL

hsl(211.1, 77.9%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.1, 60%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(60%, 31.1%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(65.13, 0.02, -43.16)

LCH

lch(65.13, 43.16, 270.03)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.1283, 251.65)

HWB

hwb(211.1, 36.9%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eba75e

Analogous

#5ee8eb

#5ea2eb

#615eeb

Triadic

#5ea2eb

#eb5ea2

#a2eb5e

Split-complementary

#5ea2eb

#eb615e

#e8eb5e

Tetradic

#5ea2eb

#a75eeb

#eba75e

#a2eb5e

Square

#5ea2eb

#eb5ee8

#eba75e

#5eeb61

Shades

Color #5ea2eb mixed toward black.

#2d86e5

#186bc3

#125092

#0c3562

#061b31

Tints

Color #5ea2eb mixed toward white.

#79b1ee

#94c1f2

#aed0f5

#c9e0f8

#e4effc

Tones

Color #5ea2eb mixed toward gray.

#6aa2df

#75a3d3

#81a3c8

#8da4bc

#99a4b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8182dc · ΔE 15.4

Deuteranopia

#7d78d8 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#63d0cd · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5ea2eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ea2eb]

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#5ea2eb (#5ea2eb) is rgb(94, 162, 235) in RGB.

No, #5ea2eb 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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