#5b85db

Color #5b85db

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.1 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5b85db

RGB

rgb(91, 133, 219)

HSL

hsl(220.3, 64%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.3, 58.4%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.4%, 39.3%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(56.2, 11.21, -48.39)

LCH

lch(56.2, 49.67, 283.04)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.1384, 263.28)

HWB

hwb(220.3, 35.7%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbb15b

Analogous

#5bc5db

#5b85db

#715bdb

Triadic

#5b85db

#db5b85

#85db5b

Split-complementary

#5b85db

#db715b

#c5db5b

Tetradic

#5b85db

#b15bdb

#dbb15b

#85db5b

Square

#5b85db

#db5bc5

#dbb15b

#5bdb71

Shades

Color #5b85db mixed toward black.

#3166d2

#2551aa

#1c3c7f

#132855

#09142a

Tints

Color #5b85db mixed toward white.

#7699e1

#92aee7

#adc2ed

#c8d6f3

#e4ebf9

Tones

Color #5b85db mixed toward gray.

#6689d0

#708cc6

#7b90bb

#8694b0

#9097a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7070ca · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#6d6ac6 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#5ebcb9 · ΔE 30.6

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b85db;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b85db]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b85db (#5b85db) is rgb(91, 133, 219) in RGB.

No, #5b85db is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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