#5c9cee

Color #5c9cee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.84 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5c9cee

RGB

rgb(92, 156, 238)

HSL

hsl(213.7, 81.1%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.7, 61.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.3%, 34.5%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(63.53, 4.07, -47.34)

LCH

lch(63.53, 47.51, 274.91)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.1386, 255.37)

HWB

hwb(213.7, 36.1%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eeae5c

Analogous

#5ce5ee

#5c9cee

#655cee

Triadic

#5c9cee

#ee5c9c

#9cee5c

Split-complementary

#5c9cee

#ee655c

#e5ee5c

Tetradic

#5c9cee

#ae5cee

#eeae5c

#9cee5c

Square

#5c9cee

#ee5ce5

#eeae5c

#5cee65

Shades

Color #5c9cee mixed toward black.

#2a7ee9

#1563c7

#104a95

#0a3164

#051932

Tints

Color #5c9cee mixed toward white.

#77acf1

#92bdf4

#adcdf6

#c9def9

#e4eefc

Tones

Color #5c9cee mixed toward gray.

#689de2

#749fd6

#80a0c9

#8da2bd

#99a3b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7dde · ΔE 14.4

Deuteranopia

#7974da · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#61d0cc · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 23

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5c9cee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5c9cee]

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

#5c9cee (#5c9cee) is rgb(92, 156, 238) in RGB.

No, #5c9cee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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