#5d9aeb

Color #5d9aeb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.62 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5d9aeb

RGB

rgb(93, 154, 235)

HSL

hsl(214.2, 78%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.2, 60.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.4%, 34.5%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(62.87, 4.43, -46.72)

LCH

lch(62.87, 46.93, 275.42)

OKLCH

oklch(68.1%, 0.1363, 256.04)

HWB

hwb(214.2, 36.5%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebae5d

Analogous

#5de1eb

#5d9aeb

#675deb

Triadic

#5d9aeb

#eb5d9a

#9aeb5d

Split-complementary

#5d9aeb

#eb675d

#e1eb5d

Tetradic

#5d9aeb

#ae5deb

#ebae5d

#9aeb5d

Square

#5d9aeb

#eb5de1

#ebae5d

#5deb67

Shades

Color #5d9aeb mixed toward black.

#2c7ce5

#1861c3

#124992

#0c3161

#061831

Tints

Color #5d9aeb mixed toward white.

#78abee

#93bcf2

#aecdf5

#c9ddf8

#e4eefc

Tones

Color #5d9aeb mixed toward gray.

#699cdf

#759dd3

#809fc7

#8ca1bc

#98a2b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7ddb · ΔE 13.7

Deuteranopia

#7974d7 · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#61cdca · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5d9aeb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d9aeb]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5d9aeb (#5d9aeb) is rgb(93, 154, 235) in RGB.

No, #5d9aeb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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