#5f85ca

Color #5f85ca

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.76 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#5f85ca

RGB

rgb(95, 133, 202)

HSL

hsl(218.7, 50.2%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.7, 53%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(53%, 34.2%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(55.55, 6.57, -39.82)

LCH

lch(55.55, 40.36, 279.37)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.1135, 261.69)

HWB

hwb(218.7, 37.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#caa45f

Analogous

#5fbaca

#5f85ca

#6e5fca

Triadic

#5f85ca

#ca5f85

#85ca5f

Split-complementary

#5f85ca

#ca6e5f

#baca5f

Tetradic

#5f85ca

#a45fca

#caa45f

#85ca5f

Square

#5f85ca

#ca5fba

#caa45f

#5fca6e

Shades

Color #5f85ca mixed toward black.

#3e6aba

#315595

#253f6f

#192a4a

#0c1525

Tints

Color #5f85ca mixed toward white.

#7a99d3

#94aedc

#afc2e4

#cad6ed

#e4ebf6

Tones

Color #5f85ca mixed toward gray.

#6887c1

#718ab8

#7a8daf

#838fa6

#8b929d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7172bc · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#6f6cb9 · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#61b0ae · ΔE 26.8

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f85ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f85ca]

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

#5f85ca (#5f85ca) is rgb(95, 133, 202) in RGB.

No, #5f85ca 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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