#5ea5eb

Color #5ea5eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.89 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5ea5eb

RGB

rgb(94, 165, 235)

HSL

hsl(209.8, 77.9%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.8, 60%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(60%, 29.8%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(65.97, -1.68, -41.85)

LCH

lch(65.97, 41.88, 267.7)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.1258, 249.72)

HWB

hwb(209.8, 36.9%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eba45e

Analogous

#5eebeb

#5ea5eb

#5e5eeb

Triadic

#5ea5eb

#eb5ea5

#a5eb5e

Split-complementary

#5ea5eb

#eb5e5e

#ebeb5e

Tetradic

#5ea5eb

#a45eeb

#eba45e

#a5eb5e

Square

#5ea5eb

#eb5eeb

#eba45e

#5eeb5e

Shades

Color #5ea5eb mixed toward black.

#2d8ae5

#186ec3

#125392

#0c3762

#061c31

Tints

Color #5ea5eb mixed toward white.

#79b4ee

#94c3f2

#aed2f5

#c9e1f8

#e4f0fc

Tones

Color #5ea5eb mixed toward gray.

#6aa5df

#75a5d3

#81a5c8

#8da5bc

#99a5b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383dd · ΔE 16.3

Deuteranopia

#7f79d9 · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#63d0ce · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 21.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5ea5eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ea5eb]

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Frequently asked questions

#5ea5eb (#5ea5eb) is rgb(94, 165, 235) in RGB.

No, #5ea5eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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