#5e95ee

Color #5e95ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 1.27 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#5e95ee

RGB

rgb(94, 149, 238)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 80.9%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 60.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.5%, 37.4%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(61.69, 8.51, -50.24)

LCH

lch(61.69, 50.96, 279.61)

OKLCH

oklch(67.2%, 0.145, 259.59)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 36.9%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eeb75e

Analogous

#5eddee

#5e95ee

#6f5eee

Triadic

#5e95ee

#ee5e95

#95ee5e

Split-complementary

#5e95ee

#ee6f5e

#ddee5e

Tetradic

#5e95ee

#b75eee

#eeb75e

#95ee5e

Square

#5e95ee

#ee5edd

#eeb75e

#5eee6f

Shades

Color #5e95ee mixed toward black.

#2c74e9

#1559c8

#104396

#0b2d64

#051632

Tints

Color #5e95ee mixed toward white.

#79a7f1

#94b8f4

#afcaf7

#c9dcf9

#e4edfc

Tones

Color #5e95ee mixed toward gray.

#6a98e2

#769bd6

#829dca

#8ea0be

#9aa3b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7add · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#7672d8 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#62ceca · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 23.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e95ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e95ee]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#5e95ee (#5e95ee) is rgb(94, 149, 238) in RGB.

No, #5e95ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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