#5f8ae5

Color #5f8ae5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.87 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#5f8ae5

RGB

rgb(95, 138, 229)

HSL

hsl(220.7, 72%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.7, 58.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.5%, 39.7%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(58.29, 12.27, -50.65)

LCH

lch(58.29, 52.12, 283.62)

OKLCH

oklch(64.4%, 0.1448, 263.73)

HWB

hwb(220.7, 37.3%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5ba5f

Analogous

#5fcde5

#5f8ae5

#775fe5

Triadic

#5f8ae5

#e55f8a

#8ae55f

Split-complementary

#5f8ae5

#e5775f

#cde55f

Tetradic

#5f8ae5

#ba5fe5

#e5ba5f

#8ae55f

Square

#5f8ae5

#e55fcd

#e5ba5f

#5fe577

Shades

Color #5f8ae5 mixed toward black.

#3068dd

#1e50ba

#173c8b

#0f285d

#08142e

Tints

Color #5f8ae5 mixed toward white.

#7a9ee9

#94b1ee

#afc5f2

#cad8f6

#e4ecfb

Tones

Color #5f8ae5 mixed toward gray.

#6a8eda

#7592cf

#8096c3

#8c9ab8

#979ead

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7474d4 · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#726ecf · ΔE 11.9

Tritanopia

#62c4c1 · ΔE 31.3

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f8ae5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f8ae5]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f8ae5 (#5f8ae5) is rgb(95, 138, 229) in RGB.

No, #5f8ae5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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