#5d79dc

Color #5d79dc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.98 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5d79dc

RGB

rgb(93, 121, 220)

HSL

hsl(226.8, 64.5%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.8, 57.7%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.7%, 45%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(53.13, 19.21, -53.83)

LCH

lch(53.13, 57.15, 289.64)

OKLCH

oklch(60.3%, 0.1535, 269.48)

HWB

hwb(226.8, 36.5%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dcc05d

Analogous

#5db9dc

#5d79dc

#815ddc

Triadic

#5d79dc

#dc5d79

#79dc5d

Split-complementary

#5d79dc

#dc815d

#b9dc5d

Tetradic

#5d79dc

#c05ddc

#dcc05d

#79dc5d

Square

#5d79dc

#dc5db9

#dcc05d

#5ddc81

Shades

Color #5d79dc mixed toward black.

#3255d3

#2543ac

#1c3281

#132156

#09112b

Tints

Color #5d79dc mixed toward white.

#788fe2

#93a6e8

#aebcee

#c9d2f3

#e4e9f9

Tones

Color #5d79dc mixed toward gray.

#687fd1

#7285c7

#7d8bbc

#8791b2

#9297a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6bca · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#6966c5 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#5fbab6 · ΔE 33.9

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 25.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5d79dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d79dc]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5d79dc (#5d79dc) is rgb(93, 121, 220) in RGB.

No, #5d79dc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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