#5d97eb

Color #5d97eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 3.4 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5d97eb

RGB

rgb(93, 151, 235)

HSL

hsl(215.5, 78%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.5, 60.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.4%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(62.05, 6.18, -48.03)

LCH

lch(62.05, 48.43, 277.33)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.1393, 257.65)

HWB

hwb(215.5, 36.5%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebb15d

Analogous

#5ddeeb

#5d97eb

#6a5deb

Triadic

#5d97eb

#eb5d97

#97eb5d

Split-complementary

#5d97eb

#eb6a5d

#deeb5d

Tetradic

#5d97eb

#b15deb

#ebb15d

#97eb5d

Square

#5d97eb

#eb5dde

#ebb15d

#5deb6a

Shades

Color #5d97eb mixed toward black.

#2c78e5

#185ec3

#124692

#0c2f61

#061731

Tints

Color #5d97eb mixed toward white.

#78a8ee

#93baf2

#aecbf5

#c9dcf8

#e4eefc

Tones

Color #5d97eb mixed toward gray.

#6999df

#759bd3

#809dc7

#8ca0bc

#98a2b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7bda · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#7772d6 · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#61ccc9 · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 23.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5d97eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d97eb]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5d97eb (#5d97eb) is rgb(93, 151, 235) in RGB.

No, #5d97eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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