#5f99ef

Color #5f99ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.83 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5f99ef

RGB

rgb(95, 153, 239)

HSL

hsl(215.8, 81.8%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.8, 60.3%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.3%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(62.88, 6.69, -48.9)

LCH

lch(62.88, 49.36, 277.79)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.1416, 258.1)

HWB

hwb(215.8, 37.3%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efb55f

Analogous

#5fe1ef

#5f99ef

#6d5fef

Triadic

#5f99ef

#ef5f99

#99ef5f

Split-complementary

#5f99ef

#ef6d5f

#e1ef5f

Tetradic

#5f99ef

#b55fef

#efb55f

#99ef5f

Square

#5f99ef

#ef5fe1

#efb55f

#5fef6d

Shades

Color #5f99ef mixed toward black.

#2c79ea

#145eca

#0f4698

#0a2f65

#051733

Tints

Color #5f99ef mixed toward white.

#7aaaf2

#94bbf4

#afccf7

#caddfa

#e4eefc

Tones

Color #5f99ef mixed toward gray.

#6b9be3

#779ed7

#83a0cb

#8fa2bf

#9ba5b3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7dde · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#7974da · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#63cfcc · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f99ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f99ef]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f99ef (#5f99ef) is rgb(95, 153, 239) in RGB.

No, #5f99ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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