#5f8fdb

Color #5f8fdb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.04 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#5f8fdb

RGB

rgb(95, 143, 219)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 63.3%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 56.6%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.6%, 34.7%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(59.15, 6.07, -43.71)

LCH

lch(59.15, 44.13, 277.91)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.1258, 259.23)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 37.3%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbab5f

Analogous

#5fcddb

#5f8fdb

#6d5fdb

Triadic

#5f8fdb

#db5f8f

#8fdb5f

Split-complementary

#5f8fdb

#db6d5f

#cddb5f

Tetradic

#5f8fdb

#ab5fdb

#dbab5f

#8fdb5f

Square

#5f8fdb

#db5fcd

#dbab5f

#5fdb6d

Shades

Color #5f8fdb mixed toward black.

#3471d1

#265aab

#1d4380

#132d56

#0a162b

Tints

Color #5f8fdb mixed toward white.

#7aa2e1

#94b4e7

#afc7ed

#cadaf3

#e4ecf9

Tones

Color #5f8fdb mixed toward gray.

#6991d1

#7494c6

#7e96bc

#8898b2

#939ba7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7777cc · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#7470c8 · ΔE 13.6

Tritanopia

#62bfbc · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f8fdb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f8fdb]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#5f8fdb (#5f8fdb) is rgb(95, 143, 219) in RGB.

No, #5f8fdb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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