#5f97ee

Color #5f97ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 1.83 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5f97ee

RGB

rgb(95, 151, 238)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 80.8%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 60.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.1%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(62.28, 7.53, -49.3)

LCH

lch(62.28, 49.87, 278.68)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.1425, 258.91)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 37.3%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eeb65f

Analogous

#5fdfee

#5f97ee

#6f5fee

Triadic

#5f97ee

#ee5f97

#97ee5f

Split-complementary

#5f97ee

#ee6f5f

#dfee5f

Tetradic

#5f97ee

#b65fee

#eeb65f

#97ee5f

Square

#5f97ee

#ee5fdf

#eeb65f

#5fee6f

Shades

Color #5f97ee mixed toward black.

#2d76e9

#155cc9

#104597

#0b2e64

#051732

Tints

Color #5f97ee mixed toward white.

#7aa8f1

#94baf4

#afcbf7

#cadcf9

#e4eefc

Tones

Color #5f97ee mixed toward gray.

#6b9ae2

#779cd6

#839fca

#8fa1be

#9ba4b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7cdd · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#7873d9 · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#63cecb · ΔE 29.9

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f97ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f97ee]

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

#5f97ee (#5f97ee) is rgb(95, 151, 238) in RGB.

No, #5f97ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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