#5f91e5

Color #5f91e5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.7 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5f91e5

RGB

rgb(95, 145, 229)

HSL

hsl(217.6, 72%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.6, 58.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.5%, 36.7%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(60.19, 8.12, -47.63)

LCH

lch(60.19, 48.32, 279.67)

OKLCH

oklch(65.9%, 0.137, 260.25)

HWB

hwb(217.6, 37.3%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5b35f

Analogous

#5fd4e5

#5f91e5

#705fe5

Triadic

#5f91e5

#e55f91

#91e55f

Split-complementary

#5f91e5

#e5705f

#d4e55f

Tetradic

#5f91e5

#b35fe5

#e5b35f

#91e55f

Square

#5f91e5

#e55fd4

#e5b35f

#5fe570

Shades

Color #5f91e5 mixed toward black.

#3071dd

#1e58ba

#17428b

#0f2c5d

#08162e

Tints

Color #5f91e5 mixed toward white.

#7aa3e9

#94b6ee

#afc8f2

#cadaf6

#e4edfb

Tones

Color #5f91e5 mixed toward gray.

#6a94da

#7597cf

#8099c3

#8c9cb8

#979fad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7878d5 · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#7571d0 · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#62c6c3 · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 23.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5f91e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f91e5]

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

#5f91e5 (#5f91e5) is rgb(95, 145, 229) in RGB.

No, #5f91e5 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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