#5e74bf

Color #5e74bf

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.33 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5e74bf

RGB

rgb(94, 116, 191)

HSL

hsl(226.4, 43.1%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.4, 50.8%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.8%, 39.3%, 0%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(50.25, 13.12, -41.91)

LCH

lch(50.25, 43.92, 287.38)

OKLCH

oklch(57.6%, 0.1185, 270)

HWB

hwb(226.4, 36.9%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bfa95e

Analogous

#5ea5bf

#5e74bf

#795ebf

Triadic

#5e74bf

#bf5e74

#74bf5e

Split-complementary

#5e74bf

#bf795e

#a5bf5e

Tetradic

#5e74bf

#a95ebf

#bfa95e

#74bf5e

Square

#5e74bf

#bf5ea5

#bfa95e

#5ebf79

Shades

Color #5e74bf mixed toward black.

#445baa

#364988

#293666

#1b2444

#0e1222

Tints

Color #5e74bf mixed toward white.

#798bca

#94a2d4

#afbadf

#c9d1ea

#e4e8f4

Tones

Color #5e74bf mixed toward gray.

#6678b7

#6e7daf

#7681a7

#7e869f

#868a97

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6868b1 · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#6765ad · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#5fa4a1 · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e74bf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e74bf]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5e74bf (#5e74bf) is rgb(94, 116, 191) in RGB.

No, #5e74bf is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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