#5f7de0

Color #5f7de0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.61 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5f7de0

RGB

rgb(95, 125, 224)

HSL

hsl(226, 67.5%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226, 57.6%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.6%, 44.2%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(54.53, 18.47, -53.84)

LCH

lch(54.53, 56.92, 288.93)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.1534, 268.88)

HWB

hwb(226, 37.3%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0c25f

Analogous

#5fbde0

#5f7de0

#815fe0

Triadic

#5f7de0

#e05f7d

#7de05f

Split-complementary

#5f7de0

#e0815f

#bde05f

Tetradic

#5f7de0

#c25fe0

#e0c25f

#7de05f

Square

#5f7de0

#e05fbd

#e0c25f

#5fe081

Shades

Color #5f7de0 mixed toward black.

#3259d7

#2344b2

#1a3385

#112259

#09112c

Tints

Color #5f7de0 mixed toward white.

#7a93e5

#94a8ea

#afbeef

#cad4f5

#e4e9fa

Tones

Color #5f7de0 mixed toward gray.

#6a83d5

#7488ca

#7f8ec0

#8a94b5

#959aaa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6ece · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#6b69c9 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#61bdba · ΔE 33.3

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 25.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f7de0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f7de0]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f7de0 (#5f7de0) is rgb(95, 125, 224) in RGB.

No, #5f7de0 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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