#5975cd

Color #5975cd

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.79 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5975cd

RGB

rgb(89, 117, 205)

HSL

hsl(225.5, 53.7%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.5, 56.6%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.6%, 42.9%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(50.98, 15.92, -48.78)

LCH

lch(50.98, 51.31, 288.07)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.1388, 268.56)

HWB

hwb(225.5, 34.9%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cdb159

Analogous

#59afcd

#5975cd

#7759cd

Triadic

#5975cd

#cd5975

#75cd59

Split-complementary

#5975cd

#cd7759

#afcd59

Tetradic

#5975cd

#b159cd

#cdb159

#75cd59

Square

#5975cd

#cd59af

#cdb159

#59cd77

Shades

Color #5975cd mixed toward black.

#3958bc

#2d4797

#223571

#17234b

#0b1226

Tints

Color #5975cd mixed toward white.

#758cd5

#90a3de

#acbae6

#c8d1ee

#e3e8f7

Tones

Color #5975cd mixed toward gray.

#627ac3

#6c7fba

#7684b0

#8089a6

#898e9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6667bc · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#6562b8 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#5baeab · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 24

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5975cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5975cd]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5975cd (#5975cd) is rgb(89, 117, 205) in RGB.

No, #5975cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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