#5f9ce6

Color #5f9ce6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.53 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#5f9ce6

RGB

rgb(95, 156, 230)

HSL

hsl(212.9, 73%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.9, 58.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.7%, 32.2%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(63.28, 2.04, -43.32)

LCH

lch(63.28, 43.37, 272.7)

OKLCH

oklch(68.3%, 0.1271, 254.16)

HWB

hwb(212.9, 37.3%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6a95f

Analogous

#5fdfe6

#5f9ce6

#655fe6

Triadic

#5f9ce6

#e65f9c

#9ce65f

Split-complementary

#5f9ce6

#e6655f

#dfe65f

Tetradic

#5f9ce6

#a95fe6

#e6a95f

#9ce65f

Square

#5f9ce6

#e65fdf

#e6a95f

#5fe665

Shades

Color #5f9ce6 mixed toward black.

#307fdf

#1d65bb

#164b8d

#0f325e

#07192f

Tints

Color #5f9ce6 mixed toward white.

#7aacea

#94bdee

#afcdf3

#cadef7

#e4eefb

Tones

Color #5f9ce6 mixed toward gray.

#6a9ddb

#759ecf

#819fc4

#8ca0b9

#97a1ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7fd7 · ΔE 14

Deuteranopia

#7a76d3 · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#63cac7 · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f9ce6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f9ce6]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Frequently asked questions

#5f9ce6 (#5f9ce6) is rgb(95, 156, 230) in RGB.

No, #5f9ce6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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