#5ea5dd

Color #5ea5dd

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.37 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5ea5dd

RGB

rgb(94, 165, 221)

HSL

hsl(206.5, 65.1%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.5, 57.5%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.5%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(65.36, -6.1, -35.09)

LCH

lch(65.36, 35.62, 260.14)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.1094, 244.09)

HWB

hwb(206.5, 36.9%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dd965e

Analogous

#5eddd6

#5ea5dd

#5e66dd

Triadic

#5ea5dd

#dd5ea5

#a5dd5e

Split-complementary

#5ea5dd

#dd5e66

#ddd65e

Tetradic

#5ea5dd

#965edd

#dd965e

#a5dd5e

Square

#5ea5dd

#d65edd

#dd965e

#66dd5e

Shades

Color #5ea5dd mixed toward black.

#338dd4

#2571ad

#1b5582

#123957

#091c2b

Tints

Color #5ea5dd mixed toward white.

#79b4e3

#94c3e8

#afd2ee

#c9e1f4

#e4f0f9

Tones

Color #5ea5dd mixed toward gray.

#69a4d2

#73a3c8

#7ea1bd

#88a0b3

#939fa8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383d1 · ΔE 17.2

Deuteranopia

#7f79ce · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#63c7c5 · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5ea5dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ea5dd]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Charcoal #36454f

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#5ea5dd (#5ea5dd) is rgb(94, 165, 221) in RGB.

No, #5ea5dd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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