#5f81be

Color #5f81be

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.99 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5f81be

RGB

rgb(95, 129, 190)

HSL

hsl(218.5, 42.2%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.5, 50%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(50%, 32.1%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(53.87, 5.19, -35.64)

LCH

lch(53.87, 36.02, 278.29)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.1013, 261.54)

HWB

hwb(218.5, 37.3%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#be9c5f

Analogous

#5fb1be

#5f81be

#6d5fbe

Triadic

#5f81be

#be5f81

#81be5f

Split-complementary

#5f81be

#be6d5f

#b1be5f

Tetradic

#5f81be

#9c5fbe

#be9c5f

#81be5f

Square

#5f81be

#be5fb1

#be9c5f

#5fbe6d

Shades

Color #5f81be mixed toward black.

#4569a9

#375487

#293f65

#1b2a44

#0e1522

Tints

Color #5f81be mixed toward white.

#7a96c9

#94abd4

#afc0df

#cad5e9

#e4eaf4

Tones

Color #5f81be mixed toward gray.

#6783b6

#6f86ae

#7788a6

#7f8a9e

#878c96

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f70b2 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#6d6baf · ΔE 10.5

Tritanopia

#61a7a5 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f81be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f81be]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f81be (#5f81be) is rgb(95, 129, 190) in RGB.

No, #5f81be is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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