#5f79ea

Color #5f79ea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 8.32 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5f79ea

RGB

rgb(95, 121, 234)

HSL

hsl(228.8, 76.8%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.8, 59.4%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.4%, 48.3%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(54.08, 24.19, -60.17)

LCH

lch(54.08, 64.85, 291.9)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.172, 270.83)

HWB

hwb(228.8, 37.3%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ead05f

Analogous

#5fbeea

#5f79ea

#8b5fea

Triadic

#5f79ea

#ea5f79

#79ea5f

Split-complementary

#5f79ea

#ea8b5f

#beea5f

Tetradic

#5f79ea

#d05fea

#ead05f

#79ea5f

Square

#5f79ea

#ea5fbe

#ead05f

#5fea8b

Shades

Color #5f79ea mixed toward black.

#2e50e4

#1939c2

#132b91

#0d1c61

#060e30

Tints

Color #5f79ea mixed toward white.

#7a8fed

#94a6f1

#afbcf4

#cad2f8

#e4e9fb

Tones

Color #5f79ea mixed toward gray.

#6b80de

#7687d3

#828fc7

#8d96bc

#999db0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6bd6 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#6a68d0 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#61c4bf · ΔE 36.4

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 26.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5f79ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f79ea]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#5f79ea (#5f79ea) is rgb(95, 121, 234) in RGB.

No, #5f79ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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