#5ca5ed

Color #5ca5ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.13 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#5ca5ed

RGB

rgb(92, 165, 237)

HSL

hsl(209.8, 80.1%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.8, 61.2%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.2%, 30.4%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(65.98, -1.41, -42.93)

LCH

lch(65.98, 42.95, 268.12)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.1291, 249.84)

HWB

hwb(209.8, 36.1%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eda45c

Analogous

#5ceded

#5ca5ed

#5c5ced

Triadic

#5ca5ed

#ed5ca5

#a5ed5c

Split-complementary

#5ca5ed

#ed5c5c

#eded5c

Tetradic

#5ca5ed

#a45ced

#eda45c

#a5ed5c

Square

#5ca5ed

#ed5ced

#eda45c

#5ced5c

Shades

Color #5ca5ed mixed toward black.

#2b8ae8

#166ec5

#105394

#0b3763

#051c31

Tints

Color #5ca5ed mixed toward white.

#77b4f0

#92c3f3

#add2f6

#c9e1f9

#e4f0fc

Tones

Color #5ca5ed mixed toward gray.

#68a5e1

#74a5d5

#80a5c9

#8ca5bd

#98a5b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8283de · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#7e78db · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#61d2cf · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5ca5ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ca5ed]

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Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#5ca5ed (#5ca5ed) is rgb(92, 165, 237) in RGB.

No, #5ca5ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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