#5ea4dc

Color #5ea4dc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.01 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5ea4dc

RGB

rgb(94, 164, 220)

HSL

hsl(206.7, 64.3%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.7, 57.3%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.3%, 25.5%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(65.04, -5.85, -35.05)

LCH

lch(65.04, 35.53, 260.52)

OKLCH

oklch(69.6%, 0.109, 244.45)

HWB

hwb(206.7, 36.9%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dc965e

Analogous

#5edcd5

#5ea4dc

#5e65dc

Triadic

#5ea4dc

#dc5ea4

#a4dc5e

Split-complementary

#5ea4dc

#dc5e65

#dcd55e

Tetradic

#5ea4dc

#965edc

#dc965e

#a4dc5e

Square

#5ea4dc

#d55edc

#dc965e

#65dc5e

Shades

Color #5ea4dc mixed toward black.

#338cd3

#2570ac

#1c5481

#133856

#091c2b

Tints

Color #5ea4dc mixed toward white.

#79b3e2

#94c2e8

#afd2ee

#c9e1f3

#e4f0f9

Tones

Color #5ea4dc mixed toward gray.

#69a3d2

#73a2c7

#7ea1bd

#889fb2

#939ea8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8283d0 · ΔE 16.8

Deuteranopia

#7e79cd · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#63c6c4 · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5ea4dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ea4dc]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Charcoal #36454f

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Frequently asked questions

#5ea4dc (#5ea4dc) is rgb(94, 164, 220) in RGB.

No, #5ea4dc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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