#5f81ca

Color #5f81ca

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.78 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5f81ca

RGB

rgb(95, 129, 202)

HSL

hsl(220.9, 50.2%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.9, 53%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(53%, 36.1%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(54.44, 8.96, -41.56)

LCH

lch(54.44, 42.51, 282.17)

OKLCH

oklch(61%, 0.118, 264.26)

HWB

hwb(220.9, 37.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#caa85f

Analogous

#5fb6ca

#5f81ca

#725fca

Triadic

#5f81ca

#ca5f81

#81ca5f

Split-complementary

#5f81ca

#ca725f

#b6ca5f

Tetradic

#5f81ca

#a85fca

#caa85f

#81ca5f

Square

#5f81ca

#ca5fb6

#caa85f

#5fca72

Shades

Color #5f81ca mixed toward black.

#3e65ba

#315195

#253d6f

#19284a

#0c1425

Tints

Color #5f81ca mixed toward white.

#7a96d3

#94abdc

#afc0e4

#cad5ed

#e4eaf6

Tones

Color #5f81ca mixed toward gray.

#6884c1

#7187b8

#7a8baf

#838ea6

#8b919d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f70bc · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#6d6bb8 · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#61afac · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 21.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5f81ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f81ca]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f81ca (#5f81ca) is rgb(95, 129, 202) in RGB.

No, #5f81ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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