#5faad2

Color #5faad2

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 13.42 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5faad2

RGB

rgb(95, 170, 210)

HSL

hsl(200.9, 56.1%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.9, 54.8%, 82.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.8%, 19%, 0%, 17.6%)

LAB

lab(66.39, -11.99, -27.43)

LCH

lch(66.39, 29.94, 246.39)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.0949, 233.61)

HWB

hwb(200.9, 37.3%, 17.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d2875f

Analogous

#5fd2c1

#5faad2

#5f70d2

Triadic

#5faad2

#d25faa

#aad25f

Split-complementary

#5faad2

#d25f70

#d2c15f

Tetradic

#5faad2

#875fd2

#d2875f

#aad25f

Square

#5faad2

#c15fd2

#d2875f

#70d25f

Shades

Color #5faad2 mixed toward black.

#3895c6

#2d779f

#215977

#163b4f

#0b1e28

Tints

Color #5faad2 mixed toward white.

#7ab8d9

#94c6e1

#afd4e8

#cae3f0

#e4f1f7

Tones

Color #5faad2 mixed toward gray.

#69a7c8

#72a4bf

#7ca1b5

#859eac

#8f9ba2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8687c9 · ΔE 19.2

Deuteranopia

#827cc7 · ΔE 21.4

Tritanopia

#65c2c0 · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5faad2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5faad2]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#5faad2 (#5faad2) is rgb(95, 170, 210) in RGB.

No, #5faad2 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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