#5995e8

Color #5995e8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.09 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5995e8

RGB

rgb(89, 149, 232)

HSL

hsl(214.8, 75.7%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.8, 61.6%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.6%, 35.8%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(61.17, 5.62, -47.76)

LCH

lch(61.17, 48.09, 276.71)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.139, 256.86)

HWB

hwb(214.8, 34.9%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8ac59

Analogous

#59dde8

#5995e8

#6459e8

Triadic

#5995e8

#e85995

#95e859

Split-complementary

#5995e8

#e86459

#dde859

Tetradic

#5995e8

#ac59e8

#e8ac59

#95e859

Square

#5995e8

#e859dd

#e8ac59

#59e864

Shades

Color #5995e8 mixed toward black.

#2a77e2

#1a5ebc

#13468d

#0d2f5e

#06172f

Tints

Color #5995e8 mixed toward white.

#74a7ec

#90b8f0

#accaf4

#c8dcf7

#e3edfb

Tones

Color #5995e8 mixed toward gray.

#6597dc

#7199d0

#7d9bc4

#899db8

#949eac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7878d8 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#746fd4 · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#5dcac6 · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 23.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5995e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5995e8]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5995e8 (#5995e8) is rgb(89, 149, 232) in RGB.

No, #5995e8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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