#5a97f8

Color #5a97f8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.13 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5a97f8

RGB

rgb(90, 151, 248)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 91.9%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 63.7%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.7%, 39.1%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(62.58, 9.94, -54.35)

LCH

lch(62.58, 55.25, 280.36)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.1574, 259.31)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 35.3%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8bb5a

Analogous

#5ae6f8

#5a97f8

#6c5af8

Triadic

#5a97f8

#f85a97

#97f85a

Split-complementary

#5a97f8

#f86c5a

#e6f85a

Tetradic

#5a97f8

#bb5af8

#f8bb5a

#97f85a

Square

#5a97f8

#f85ae6

#f8bb5a

#5af86c

Shades

Color #5a97f8 mixed toward black.

#2475f6

#0959d8

#0743a2

#052d6c

#021636

Tints

Color #5a97f8 mixed toward white.

#76a8f9

#91bafa

#adcbfc

#c8dcfd

#e4eefe

Tones

Color #5a97f8 mixed toward gray.

#679aeb

#749dde

#82a0d1

#8fa3c3

#9ca6b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797ae5 · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#7671e1 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#5ed5d1 · ΔE 32

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a97f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a97f8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#5a97f8 (#5a97f8) is rgb(90, 151, 248) in RGB.

No, #5a97f8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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