#5495e6

Color #5495e6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.78 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5495e6

RGB

rgb(84, 149, 230)

HSL

hsl(213.3, 74.5%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.3, 63.5%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.5%, 35.2%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(60.86, 4.07, -47.16)

LCH

lch(60.86, 47.34, 274.93)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.1385, 254.93)

HWB

hwb(213.3, 32.9%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6a554

Analogous

#54dee6

#5495e6

#5c54e6

Triadic

#5495e6

#e65495

#95e654

Split-complementary

#5495e6

#e65c54

#dee654

Tetradic

#5495e6

#a554e6

#e6a554

#95e654

Square

#5495e6

#e654de

#e6a554

#54e65c

Shades

Color #5495e6 mixed toward black.

#2679df

#1b60b7

#144889

#0d305b

#07182e

Tints

Color #5495e6 mixed toward white.

#71a7ea

#8db8ee

#aacaf3

#c6dcf7

#e3edfb

Tones

Color #5495e6 mixed toward gray.

#6096da

#6c98ce

#7999c2

#859ab5

#919ca9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7676d6 · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#726dd2 · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#59c8c5 · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 22.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5495e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5495e6]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5495e6 (#5495e6) is rgb(84, 149, 230) in RGB.

No, #5495e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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