#5697e3

Color #5697e3

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.45 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#5697e3

RGB

rgb(86, 151, 227)

HSL

hsl(212.3, 71.6%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.3, 62.1%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.1%, 33.5%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(61.36, 2.26, -44.71)

LCH

lch(61.36, 44.77, 272.89)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.1319, 253.57)

HWB

hwb(212.3, 33.7%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e3a256

Analogous

#56dee3

#5697e3

#5b56e3

Triadic

#5697e3

#e35697

#97e356

Split-complementary

#5697e3

#e35b56

#dee356

Tetradic

#5697e3

#a256e3

#e3a256

#97e356

Square

#5697e3

#e356de

#e3a256

#56e35b

Shades

Color #5697e3 mixed toward black.

#297cdc

#1e63b3

#164a86

#0f315a

#07192d

Tints

Color #5697e3 mixed toward white.

#72a8e8

#8ebaec

#abcbf1

#c7dcf6

#e3eefa

Tones

Color #5697e3 mixed toward gray.

#6298d7

#6e99cc

#799ac0

#859bb4

#919ca8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7878d4 · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#746fd0 · ΔE 17.2

Tritanopia

#5bc7c4 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5697e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5697e3]

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Frequently asked questions

#5697e3 (#5697e3) is rgb(86, 151, 227) in RGB.

No, #5697e3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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