#5585e1

Color #5585e1

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.78 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5585e1

RGB

rgb(85, 133, 225)

HSL

hsl(219.4, 70%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.4, 62.2%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.2%, 40.9%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(56.23, 12.08, -51.72)

LCH

lch(56.23, 53.11, 283.15)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.1487, 262.19)

HWB

hwb(219.4, 33.3%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1b155

Analogous

#55cbe1

#5585e1

#6b55e1

Triadic

#5585e1

#e15585

#85e155

Split-complementary

#5585e1

#e16b55

#cbe155

Tetradic

#5585e1

#b155e1

#e1b155

#85e155

Square

#5585e1

#e155cb

#e1b155

#55e16b

Shades

Color #5585e1 mixed toward black.

#2966d9

#1f51b0

#173d84

#102858

#08142c

Tints

Color #5585e1 mixed toward white.

#7199e6

#8eaeeb

#aac2f0

#c6d6f5

#e3ebfa

Tones

Color #5585e1 mixed toward gray.

#6189d5

#6c8cca

#7890be

#8494b2

#8f97a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6dd0 · ΔE 11

Deuteranopia

#6a66cb · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#58c0bd · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 24.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5585e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5585e1]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5585e1 (#5585e1) is rgb(85, 133, 225) in RGB.

No, #5585e1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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