#5b82c8

Color #5b82c8

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.84 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5b82c8

RGB

rgb(91, 130, 200)

HSL

hsl(218.5, 49.8%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.5, 54.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.5%, 35%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(54.4, 6.83, -40.51)

LCH

lch(54.4, 41.08, 279.57)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.1157, 261.45)

HWB

hwb(218.5, 35.7%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8a15b

Analogous

#5bb9c8

#5b82c8

#6b5bc8

Triadic

#5b82c8

#c85b82

#82c85b

Split-complementary

#5b82c8

#c86b5b

#b9c85b

Tetradic

#5b82c8

#a15bc8

#c8a15b

#82c85b

Square

#5b82c8

#c85bb9

#c8a15b

#5bc86b

Shades

Color #5b82c8 mixed toward black.

#3d68b6

#315391

#253f6d

#182a49

#0c1524

Tints

Color #5b82c8 mixed toward white.

#7697d1

#92acda

#adc1e4

#c8d5ed

#e4eaf6

Tones

Color #5b82c8 mixed toward gray.

#6485bf

#6d87b6

#768aad

#7f8ca4

#898f9b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6eba · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#6c69b7 · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#5daeab · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b82c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b82c8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b82c8 (#5b82c8) is rgb(91, 130, 200) in RGB.

No, #5b82c8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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