#5f87c5

Color #5f87c5

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.61 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5f87c5

RGB

rgb(95, 135, 197)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 46.8%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 51.8%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.8%, 31.5%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(55.88, 3.82, -36.47)

LCH

lch(55.88, 36.67, 275.98)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.1046, 258.92)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 37.3%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c59d5f

Analogous

#5fbac5

#5f87c5

#6a5fc5

Triadic

#5f87c5

#c55f87

#87c55f

Split-complementary

#5f87c5

#c56a5f

#bac55f

Tetradic

#5f87c5

#9d5fc5

#c59d5f

#87c55f

Square

#5f87c5

#c55fba

#c59d5f

#5fc56a

Shades

Color #5f87c5 mixed toward black.

#416db3

#34588f

#27426b

#1a2c47

#0d1624

Tints

Color #5f87c5 mixed toward white.

#7a9bcf

#94afd8

#afc3e2

#cad7ec

#e4ebf5

Tones

Color #5f87c5 mixed toward gray.

#6889bd

#708bb4

#798dac

#818ea3

#8a909b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7273b8 · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#706db5 · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#61aeab · ΔE 25.5

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f87c5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f87c5]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#5f87c5 (#5f87c5) is rgb(95, 135, 197) in RGB.

No, #5f87c5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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