#5b9ae9

Color #5b9ae9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.86 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5b9ae9

RGB

rgb(91, 154, 233)

HSL

hsl(213.4, 76.3%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.4, 60.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.9%, 33.9%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(62.69, 3.41, -45.91)

LCH

lch(62.69, 46.04, 274.25)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.1345, 254.92)

HWB

hwb(213.4, 35.7%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9aa5b

Analogous

#5be1e9

#5b9ae9

#635be9

Triadic

#5b9ae9

#e95b9a

#9ae95b

Split-complementary

#5b9ae9

#e9635b

#e1e95b

Tetradic

#5b9ae9

#aa5be9

#e9aa5b

#9ae95b

Square

#5b9ae9

#e95be1

#e9aa5b

#5be963

Shades

Color #5b9ae9 mixed toward black.

#2b7de3

#1a63be

#134a8f

#0d315f

#061930

Tints

Color #5b9ae9 mixed toward white.

#76abed

#92bcf0

#adccf4

#c8ddf8

#e4eefb

Tones

Color #5b9ae9 mixed toward gray.

#679bdd

#739dd1

#7e9ec5

#8a9fba

#96a1ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7cd9 · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#7873d5 · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#5fccc9 · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b9ae9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b9ae9]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b9ae9 (#5b9ae9) is rgb(91, 154, 233) in RGB.

No, #5b9ae9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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