#5fa8cd

Color #5fa8cd

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.42 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5fa8cd

RGB

rgb(95, 168, 205)

HSL

hsl(200.2, 52.4%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.2, 53.7%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.7%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(65.63, -12.4, -25.84)

LCH

lch(65.63, 28.66, 244.36)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.091, 232.19)

HWB

hwb(200.2, 37.3%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd845f

Analogous

#5fcdbb

#5fa8cd

#5f71cd

Triadic

#5fa8cd

#cd5fa8

#a8cd5f

Split-complementary

#5fa8cd

#cd5f71

#cdbb5f

Tetradic

#5fa8cd

#845fcd

#cd845f

#a8cd5f

Square

#5fa8cd

#bb5fcd

#cd845f

#71cd5f

Shades

Color #5fa8cd mixed toward black.

#3b92be

#307598

#245872

#183b4c

#0c1d26

Tints

Color #5fa8cd mixed toward white.

#7ab6d5

#94c5de

#afd3e6

#cae2ee

#e4f0f7

Tones

Color #5fa8cd mixed toward gray.

#68a5c4

#71a2bb

#7a9fb1

#849ca8

#8d999f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8586c5 · ΔE 19.2

Deuteranopia

#817bc3 · ΔE 21.4

Tritanopia

#64bebd · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5fa8cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5fa8cd]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#5fa8cd (#5fa8cd) is rgb(95, 168, 205) in RGB.

No, #5fa8cd 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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