#5aa6e4

Color #5aa6e4

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.69 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5aa6e4

RGB

rgb(90, 166, 228)

HSL

hsl(207, 71.9%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207, 60.5%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.5%, 27.2%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(65.78, -5.22, -38.31)

LCH

lch(65.78, 38.66, 262.24)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.1187, 245.25)

HWB

hwb(207, 35.3%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4985a

Analogous

#5ae4dd

#5aa6e4

#5a61e4

Triadic

#5aa6e4

#e45aa6

#a6e45a

Split-complementary

#5aa6e4

#e45a61

#e4dd5a

Tetradic

#5aa6e4

#985ae4

#e4985a

#a6e45a

Square

#5aa6e4

#dd5ae4

#e4985a

#61e45a

Shades

Color #5aa6e4 mixed toward black.

#2d8ddd

#1e72b6

#165589

#0f395b

#071c2e

Tints

Color #5aa6e4 mixed toward white.

#76b5e9

#91c4ed

#add3f2

#c8e1f6

#e4f0fb

Tones

Color #5aa6e4 mixed toward gray.

#66a5d9

#71a4cd

#7da3c2

#88a1b6

#94a0ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8283d7 · ΔE 17.4

Deuteranopia

#7e77d4 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#60ccca · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5aa6e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5aa6e4]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Charcoal #36454f

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Frequently asked questions

#5aa6e4 (#5aa6e4) is rgb(90, 166, 228) in RGB.

No, #5aa6e4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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