#5591f5

Color #5591f5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.12 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5591f5

RGB

rgb(85, 145, 245)

HSL

hsl(217.5, 88.9%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.5, 65.3%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.3%, 40.8%, 0%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(60.58, 11.66, -55.89)

LCH

lch(60.58, 57.09, 281.78)

OKLCH

oklch(66.4%, 0.1617, 260.03)

HWB

hwb(217.5, 33.3%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f5b955

Analogous

#55e1f5

#5591f5

#6955f5

Triadic

#5591f5

#f55591

#91f555

Split-complementary

#5591f5

#f56955

#e1f555

Tetradic

#5591f5

#b955f5

#f5b955

#91f555

Square

#5591f5

#f555e1

#f5b955

#55f569

Shades

Color #5591f5 mixed toward black.

#216ff2

#0c56d0

#09409c

#062b68

#031534

Tints

Color #5591f5 mixed toward white.

#71a3f7

#8eb6f8

#aac8fa

#c6dafc

#e3edfd

Tones

Color #5591f5 mixed toward gray.

#6294e8

#7098da

#7d9bcd

#8a9ec0

#98a2b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7474e2 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#706cdd · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#59d1ce · ΔE 32.6

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 25

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5591f5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5591f5]

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

#5591f5 (#5591f5) is rgb(85, 145, 245) in RGB.

No, #5591f5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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