#5f87c9

Color #5f87c9

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.65 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#5f87c9

RGB

rgb(95, 135, 201)

HSL

hsl(217.4, 49.5%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.4, 52.7%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.7%, 32.8%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(56.06, 5.07, -38.45)

LCH

lch(56.06, 38.78, 277.51)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.11, 260.05)

HWB

hwb(217.4, 37.3%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9a15f

Analogous

#5fbcc9

#5f87c9

#6c5fc9

Triadic

#5f87c9

#c95f87

#87c95f

Split-complementary

#5f87c9

#c96c5f

#bcc95f

Tetradic

#5f87c9

#a15fc9

#c9a15f

#87c95f

Square

#5f87c9

#c95fbc

#c9a15f

#5fc96c

Shades

Color #5f87c9 mixed toward black.

#3e6cb8

#325793

#25416f

#192b4a

#0c1625

Tints

Color #5f87c9 mixed toward white.

#7a9bd2

#94afdb

#afc3e4

#cad7ed

#e4ebf6

Tones

Color #5f87c9 mixed toward gray.

#6889c0

#718bb7

#798dae

#8290a6

#8b929d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7273bc · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#706db8 · ΔE 12

Tritanopia

#61b0ae · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f87c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f87c9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f87c9 (#5f87c9) is rgb(95, 135, 201) in RGB.

No, #5f87c9 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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