#5f74cc

Color #5f74cc

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.67 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5f74cc

RGB

rgb(95, 116, 204)

HSL

hsl(228.4, 51.7%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.4, 53.4%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.4%, 43.1%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(51.02, 17.48, -48.14)

LCH

lch(51.02, 51.22, 289.96)

OKLCH

oklch(58.4%, 0.1368, 271.51)

HWB

hwb(228.4, 37.3%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ccb75f

Analogous

#5fabcc

#5f74cc

#805fcc

Triadic

#5f74cc

#cc5f74

#74cc5f

Split-complementary

#5f74cc

#cc805f

#abcc5f

Tetradic

#5f74cc

#b75fcc

#ccb75f

#74cc5f

Square

#5f74cc

#cc5fab

#ccb75f

#5fcc80

Shades

Color #5f74cc mixed toward black.

#3c55bd

#304497

#243371

#18224c

#0c1126

Tints

Color #5f74cc mixed toward white.

#7a8bd5

#94a2dd

#afb9e6

#cad1ee

#e4e8f7

Tones

Color #5f74cc mixed toward gray.

#687ac3

#717fba

#7a85b1

#838aa8

#8c909f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6969bc · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#6766b7 · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#60adaa · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f74cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f74cc]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#5f74cc (#5f74cc) is rgb(95, 116, 204) in RGB.

No, #5f74cc 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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