#5f8bc4

Color #5f8bc4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 7.19 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5f8bc4

RGB

rgb(95, 139, 196)

HSL

hsl(213.9, 46.1%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.9, 51.5%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.5%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(56.96, 1.16, -34.21)

LCH

lch(56.96, 34.23, 271.94)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.0993, 255.29)

HWB

hwb(213.9, 37.3%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4985f

Analogous

#5fbdc4

#5f8bc4

#665fc4

Triadic

#5f8bc4

#c45f8b

#8bc45f

Split-complementary

#5f8bc4

#c4665f

#bdc45f

Tetradic

#5f8bc4

#985fc4

#c4985f

#8bc45f

Square

#5f8bc4

#c45fbd

#c4985f

#5fc466

Shades

Color #5f8bc4 mixed toward black.

#4172b1

#345b8e

#27446a

#1a2e47

#0d1723

Tints

Color #5f8bc4 mixed toward white.

#7a9ece

#94b2d8

#afc5e2

#cad8eb

#e4ecf5

Tones

Color #5f8bc4 mixed toward gray.

#688cbc

#708db3

#788eab

#818fa2

#89919a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7575b8 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#726fb5 · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#62aeac · ΔE 23.6

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f8bc4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f8bc4]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f8bc4 (#5f8bc4) is rgb(95, 139, 196) in RGB.

No, #5f8bc4 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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