#5491eb

Color #5491eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.02 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5491eb

RGB

rgb(84, 145, 235)

HSL

hsl(215.8, 79.1%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.8, 64.3%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.3%, 38.3%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(60.01, 8.11, -51.28)

LCH

lch(60.01, 51.92, 278.99)

OKLCH

oklch(65.7%, 0.149, 258.03)

HWB

hwb(215.8, 32.9%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebae54

Analogous

#54dceb

#5491eb

#6254eb

Triadic

#5491eb

#eb5491

#91eb54

Split-complementary

#5491eb

#eb6254

#dceb54

Tetradic

#5491eb

#ae54eb

#ebae54

#91eb54

Square

#5491eb

#eb54dc

#ebae54

#54eb62

Shades

Color #5491eb mixed toward black.

#2472e5

#165abe

#11448f

#0b2d5f

#061730

Tints

Color #5491eb mixed toward white.

#70a3ee

#8db6f2

#a9c8f5

#c6daf8

#e2edfc

Tones

Color #5491eb mixed toward gray.

#6093de

#6d96d2

#7a98c5

#869bb9

#939dac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7374da · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#706bd5 · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#58cac7 · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 24

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5491eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5491eb]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5491eb (#5491eb) is rgb(84, 145, 235) in RGB.

No, #5491eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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