#5f9bf8

Color #5f9bf8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.66 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5f9bf8

RGB

rgb(95, 155, 248)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 91.6%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 61.7%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.7%, 37.5%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(63.88, 8.46, -52.27)

LCH

lch(63.88, 52.95, 279.19)

OKLCH

oklch(69.1%, 0.1512, 258.87)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 37.3%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8bc5f

Analogous

#5fe7f8

#5f9bf8

#705ff8

Triadic

#5f9bf8

#f85f9b

#9bf85f

Split-complementary

#5f9bf8

#f8705f

#e7f85f

Tetradic

#5f9bf8

#bc5ff8

#f8bc5f

#9bf85f

Square

#5f9bf8

#f85fe7

#f8bc5f

#5ff870

Shades

Color #5f9bf8 mixed toward black.

#2879f6

#0a5cdb

#0745a4

#052e6e

#021737

Tints

Color #5f9bf8 mixed toward white.

#7aacf9

#94bcfa

#afcdfb

#cadefd

#e4eefe

Tones

Color #5f9bf8 mixed toward gray.

#6c9eeb

#79a1df

#85a3d2

#92a6c5

#9fa9b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7ee6 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#7a75e1 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#63d6d3 · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 24.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5f9bf8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f9bf8]

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

#5f9bf8 (#5f9bf8) is rgb(95, 155, 248) in RGB.

No, #5f9bf8 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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