#5e8eef

Color #5e8eef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.1 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5e8eef

RGB

rgb(94, 142, 239)

HSL

hsl(220.1, 81.9%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.1, 60.7%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.7%, 40.6%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(59.85, 12.98, -53.72)

LCH

lch(59.85, 55.27, 283.58)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.1541, 262.99)

HWB

hwb(220.1, 36.9%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efbf5e

Analogous

#5ed7ef

#5e8eef

#765eef

Triadic

#5e8eef

#ef5e8e

#8eef5e

Split-complementary

#5e8eef

#ef765e

#d7ef5e

Tetradic

#5e8eef

#bf5eef

#efbf5e

#8eef5e

Square

#5e8eef

#ef5ed7

#efbf5e

#5eef76

Shades

Color #5e8eef mixed toward black.

#2c6bea

#1450ca

#0f3c97

#0a2865

#051432

Tints

Color #5e8eef mixed toward white.

#79a1f2

#94b4f4

#afc7f7

#c9d9fa

#e4ecfc

Tones

Color #5e8eef mixed toward gray.

#6a92e3

#7696d7

#829acb

#8e9ebf

#9aa2b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7676dd · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#736fd8 · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#61ccc9 · ΔE 32.2

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 24.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e8eef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e8eef]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5e8eef (#5e8eef) is rgb(94, 142, 239) in RGB.

No, #5e8eef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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