#5c8ae5

Color #5c8ae5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.75 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5c8ae5

RGB

rgb(92, 138, 229)

HSL

hsl(219.9, 72.5%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.9, 59.8%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.8%, 39.7%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(58.14, 11.7, -50.9)

LCH

lch(58.14, 52.23, 282.95)

OKLCH

oklch(64.3%, 0.1459, 262.71)

HWB

hwb(219.9, 36.1%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5b75c

Analogous

#5ccee5

#5c8ae5

#725ce5

Triadic

#5c8ae5

#e55c8a

#8ae55c

Split-complementary

#5c8ae5

#e5725c

#cee55c

Tetradic

#5c8ae5

#b75ce5

#e5b75c

#8ae55c

Square

#5c8ae5

#e55cce

#e5b75c

#5ce572

Shades

Color #5c8ae5 mixed toward black.

#2e69de

#1d51b8

#163d8a

#0f295c

#07142e

Tints

Color #5c8ae5 mixed toward white.

#779de9

#92b1ee

#adc4f2

#c9d8f6

#e4ebfb

Tones

Color #5c8ae5 mixed toward gray.

#678eda

#7391ce

#7e95c3

#8a99b7

#959dac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.22:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7373d4 · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#706ccf · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#5fc4c1 · ΔE 31.3

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5c8ae5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5c8ae5]

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

#5c8ae5 (#5c8ae5) is rgb(92, 138, 229) in RGB.

No, #5c8ae5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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