#5cb3e2

Color #5cb3e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 10.82 Nearest Tailwind class sky-400 #00bcff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5cb3e2

RGB

rgb(92, 179, 226)

HSL

hsl(201, 69.8%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201, 59.3%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.3%, 20.8%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(69.47, -12.59, -31.48)

LCH

lch(69.47, 33.9, 248.2)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.1081, 234.53)

HWB

hwb(201, 36.1%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e28b5c

Analogous

#5ce2ce

#5cb3e2

#5c70e2

Triadic

#5cb3e2

#e25cb3

#b3e25c

Split-complementary

#5cb3e2

#e25c70

#e2ce5c

Tetradic

#5cb3e2

#8b5ce2

#e28b5c

#b3e25c

Square

#5cb3e2

#ce5ce2

#e28b5c

#70e25c

Shades

Color #5cb3e2 mixed toward black.

#2f9eda

#2080b4

#186087

#10405a

#08202d

Tints

Color #5cb3e2 mixed toward white.

#77c0e7

#92ccec

#aed9f1

#c9e6f5

#e4f2fa

Tones

Color #5cb3e2 mixed toward gray.

#67b0d7

#73adcc

#7ea9c1

#89a6b5

#94a2aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9:1

Black text reads better on this background (9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8bd8 · ΔE 20.4

Deuteranopia

#857ed5 · ΔE 23.1

Tritanopia

#63cfcd · ΔE 18.3

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5cb3e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5cb3e2]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#5cb3e2 (#5cb3e2) is rgb(92, 179, 226) in RGB.

No, #5cb3e2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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